Building Europe's Parliament Democratic Representation Beyond the Nation State

Name: Building Europe's Parliament Democratic Representation Beyond the Nation State
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ISBN: 9780199273423

ISBN-10: 0199273421

ISBN-13: 9780199273423

Edition: 2005

Authors: Berthold Rittberger

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Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years? Building Europe's Parliament sheds new light on this pivotal issue, and provides a major contribution to the study of the European Parliament. Rittberger develops a theory of delegation to representative institutions in international politics which combines elements of democratic theory and different strands of institutionalist theory. To test the plausibility of his theory, Rittberger draws on extensive archival material and offers theory-guided, in-depth case studies of three landmark decisions in the history of…

Book details

List price: $145.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



building Europe's Parliament


Building Europe's Parliament


Preface


List of Figures


List of Tables


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: Building Europe's Parliament



Theory



The Empowerment of the European Parliament: Lessons from the New Institutionalism and Democratic Theory



Parliamentary Institutions in International Polities: What Are the Conditions?



the European Parliament's Power Trias



The Origins of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community



Budgetary Powers and the Treaty of Luxembourg



Legislative Powers and the Single European Act



From Maastricht to the Constitutional Treaty: The Return of National Parliaments?


Conclusion: No Integration Without Representation?


Bibliography


Index