TY - BOOK AU - Lucarelli, Sonia AU - Radaelli, Claudio M. TI - Mobilizing politics and society?: the EU convention's impact on southern Europe SN - 9780415347990 AV - JN30 .M63 2005 U1 - 320.94 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Europe, Southern KW - Politics and government KW - European Convention KW - (2002-2003 KW - Brussels, Belgium) KW - Constitutional law KW - European Union countries KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government KW - European Union KW - Europe, Southern N1 - This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal South European Society and Politics; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Mobilising Politics and Society offers a timely analysis of the European Union Convention's impact on the domestic political systems, and civil society in Southern Europe. It provides country chapters on Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus and Turkey. All chapters follow a common scientific template, in order to offer material for genuine cross-country comparison. In addition, the volume contains horizontal chapters on three important issues: the mobilisation of intellectuals; sub-national politics; and the participation of women. The editors compare results of the country chapters in their conclusions. The book contains documentation on the EU Convention and South European participants ER -