^aDepartment of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Piazza Venezia 41, Trento 38100, Italy

Correspondence: Carlo Ruzza, E-mail: carlo.ruzza@soc.unitn.it; Emanuela Bozzini, E-mail: emanuela.bozzini@soc.unitn.it

Abstract

This paper focuses on the role played by civil-society organisations in three policy sectors – environmentalism, regionalism and anti-racism – at different territorial levels. The paper describes routes of Europeanisation, and highlights the crucial role of mediators between national and European levels of governance in building alliances and transnational networks.