Acar Kutay is an Affiliated Researcher Fellow at the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway.

Introduction 1. Theoretical perspective: Governmentality and discursive formation of European civil society 2. Civil society participation in governance: A Global project? 3. European governance and civil society 4. A Case Study on the Social Platform of European NGOs: A performing agent of European civil society 5. Conducting a European civil society agency: embedding neoliberal governance through managerial subjects

This book provides a critical analysis of the European Union's approach to 'governance', focusing on the way in which civil society is incorporated within the EU decision-making process. It draws on Foucault to demonstrate how the current approach is not conducive to the democratisation of EU governance.