Europeanization in Sweden : opportunities and challenges for civil society organizations / edited by Anna Meeuwisse and Roberto Scaramuzzino

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the impending departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can mobilize around refugee rights, opposition to austerity policies, and other issues. Europeanization in Sweden assembles new empirical research on how these processes have played out in one of the continent's wealthiest nations, providing insights into whether, and how, the "Swedish model" can guide European integration"--

Europeanization, civil society, and the Swedish welfare state / Anna Meeuwisse and Roberto Scaramuzzino -- Europeanization of and by civil society : towards an analytical framework / Kerstin Jacobsson and Hakan Johansson -- The dual role of EU civil society organizations : between EU institutions and domestic civil societies / Hakan Johansson and Sara Kalm -- Europeanization of Swedish civil society : motives, activities, and perceived consequences / Roberto Scaramuzzino and Magnus Wennerhag -- Factors explaining Swedish CSOS' Europeanization / Roberto Scaramuzzino and Magnus Wennerhag -- Access to the EU and the role of domestic embeddedness / Elsa Hedling and Anna Meeuwisse -- Europeanization through funding / Matteo Di Placido and Roberto Scaramuzzino -- From popular movements to social businesses : social entrepreneurship as discursive Europeanization / Ulrika Levander -- Varying degrees of Europeanization in Swedish women's organizations / Ylva Stubbergaard -- Questioning the Swedish model or exporting it? Identity Europeanization in the prostitution policy field / Gabriella Scaramuzzino and Roberto Scaramuzzino -- Promoting consumer rights in Sweden by lobbying and awareness-raising abroad / Anna Meeuwisse and Andreas Vilhelmsson -- The crisis of the EU : opportunity or graveyard for a European civil society? / Lars Tragardh -- Concluding remarks / Anna Meeuwisse and Roberto Scaramuzzino