This volume provides a novel and relational sociological approach to the study of EU civil society. It focuses on the interactions and interrelations between civil society actors and the forms of capital that structure the fields and sub-fields of EU civil society, through new and important empirical studies on organized EU civil society.

"Interested readers and researchers in the field of EU civil society will find detailed information about methodological issues and data collection. ? In general, the volume provides detailed consideration of the conflicts and risks which civil society organisations face in the lobby-based Brussels context." (Andi Hoxhaj, Journal of Contemporary European Research, Vol.14 (02), 2018)

"There are many good reasons for recommending this volume. It departs from the mainstream of European civil societyresearch; it takes a new and fresh theoretical approach to the analysis of a complex phenomenon; it provides a bunch of interesting case studies which are thoroughly researched and well documented." (Annette Zimmer, Voluntas, Vol. 28, 2017)