Table of Contents

1 The contribution of CSOs to legitimate representation in the EU 2 Research design 3 Representation by agricultural CSOs 4 Representation by environmental CSOs 5 Representation by anti-poverty CSOs 6 What we can learn about representation by CSOs in EU policy-making

About the Author

Sandra Kroger is a lecturer in the politics department at the University of Exeter. Before joining Exeter, she was a lecturer at Bremen University, a Marie Curie fellow in Exeter and a fellow at the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg in Delmenhorst. Her research focuses on different forms of political representation in the European Union, particularly by national parliaments and by civil society organisations. She has published widely on the topic and also is the convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Representation.