Following the Money: European Union Funding of Civil Society Organizations
Following the Money: European Union Funding of Civil Society Organizations
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追随金钱：欧盟对民间社会组织的资助
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2011
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Michael J Beckstrand
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C. Mahoney;Michael J Beckstrand
本文介绍了对2003年至2007年期间从欧盟委员会获得资助的1，164个民间社会团体的原始数据库的分析，这些数据库是根据最近通过欧洲透明度倡议发布的资助文件汇编的，并确定了委员会资助行为背后的经验模式。根据关于投入合法性的文献，人们可以期望委员会寻求在各会员国之间以及在分散和具体的利益之间实现平衡。根据欧洲一体化的文献，认为欧盟优先支持欧元集团，人们会期望委员会支持促进泛欧主义并在欧盟（欧盟）层面组织的集团。数据分析表明，促进欧洲认同、民主、公民参与和文化间交流的团体以及在欧盟一级组织的团体得到了委员会更有力的支持。此外，总部设在西欧老会员国的团体获得的资金远远多于中欧和东欧的团体。该数据库可供学者在线免费使用。
This article presents analyses from an original database of 1,164 civil society groups that received funding from the European Commission from 2003 to 2007, compiled from funding documents recently released through the European Transparency Initiative, and identifies the empirical patterns behind Commission funding behaviour. Based on the literature on input legitimacy, one would expect the Commission to seek to achieve balance across Member States and across diffuse and specific interests. Based on the literature on European integration which argues the EU has preferentially supported Euro groups, one would expect the Commission to support groups that promote pan‐Europeanism and are organized at the European Union (EU) level. The data analysis shows that groups which promote a European identity, democracy and civic engagement and intercultural exchange, as well as those that are organized at the EU level, receive stronger support from the Commission. Additionally, groups based in the old Member States of western Europe receive significantly more funding than those in central and eastern Europe. The database is freely available to scholars online.