@article{b440f5f415dc429ba353d667bebd6ba5,
title = "Civil Society Organizations in European Union External Relations: A Study of Interorganizational Networks in the Eastern Partnership and the Mediterranean",
abstract = "Abstract: Networks of civil society organizations are a feature of the Eastern Partnership and the Union for the Mediterranean, the two strategies of the European Union (EU) for relations with the countries of the Neighborhood. We examine these structures as instances of interorganizational networks. We employ social network analysis and multiple regression to test empirically a number of hypotheses about these networks. Our results show that the networks are highly centralized around EU institutions, but we also find that gradually relations among all participants become more horizontal and cooperative, that EU institutions become less dominant over time, and that organizations from neighboring countries gain centrality. We also find that interorganizational cooperation is stronger in the southern than in the eastern Neighborhood.",
keywords = "Eastern partnership, External relations, Mediterranean, civil society, governance, networks",
author = "Kostas Kourtikakis and Ekaterina Turkina",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a European Union Center of Excellence grant. Funding Information: Belarus Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Belarus Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions Belarus Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies Belarus Belarusian National Non-Governmental Organization {\textquoteleft}United Way{\textquoteright} Belarus Belarusian R. Schuman Society Belarus Belarusian Trade Union of Workers of Education and Science Belarus Belarusian Youth NGO {\textquoteleft}Civil Forum{\textquoteright} Belarus Business Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers named after Professor M. Kouniavski Belarus Centre for European Transformation Belarus Civil campaign {\textquoteleft}European Belarus{\textquoteright} Belarus Ecohome Belarus Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Belarus International Consortium EUROBELARUS Belarus Lev Sapieha Foundation Belarus Movement for Freedom Belarus National Council of Youth and Children{\textquoteright}s Public Associations of Belarus «RADA» Belarus Public Association {\textquoteleft}Centre for Social Innovations{\textquoteright} Belarus Public Union {\textquoteleft}Education Center POST{\textquoteright} Belarus Republic non-government {\textquoteleft}Belarusian Organization of Working Women{\textquoteright} Belarus Republican Association of Wheelchair Users Belarus Sustainable Development Promotion Foundation Belarus Пpaвoзaщитный цeнтp «Bяcнa» Belarus Пpocвeтитeльcкoe yчpeждeниe Цeнтp пpaвoвoй тpaнcфopмaции» (Legal Transformation Centre) Belarus Taвapыcтвa бeлapycкaй шкoлы Georgia Association {\textquoteleft}Studio Re{\textquoteright} Georgia Association and Radio {\textquoteleft}Green Wave{\textquoteright} Georgia Association European Studies for Innovative Development of Georgia Georgia Association Green Alternative Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the financial assistance of the European Union Center of Excellence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Earlier drafts of this manuscript were presented at conferences organized by the Council for European Studies, the Midwest Political Science Association, the European Communities Studies Association-Canada, the European Union Studies Association, and at a workshop on networking at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The authors would like to thank the participants in those events, as well as the editor of the Journal of European Integration and two anonymous reviewers, for their recommendations and critiques. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Taylor & Francis.",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1080/07036337.2015.1034275",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "37",
pages = "587--609",
journal = "Journal of European Integration",
issn = "0703-6337",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "5",
}