Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511491955
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9780521872881
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9780521694605
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1280850469
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9780511278631
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9781280850462
Series Statement:
Themes in European governance
Content:
With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly-fragmented and unpredictable. By studying more than 12,000 recorded votes between 1979 and 2004 this 2007 book establishes that the opposite is in fact true: transnational parties in the European Parliament are highly cohesive and the classic 'left-right' dimension dominates voting behaviour. Furthermore, the cohesion of parties in the European Parliament has increased as the powers of the Parliament have increased. The authors suggest that the main reason for these developments is that like-minded MEPs have incentives to form stable transnational party organizations and to use these organizations to compete over European Union policies. They suggest that this is a positive development for the future of democratic accountability in the European Union.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; List of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Development of the European Parliament; 2 Democracy, transaction costs and political parties; 3 Ideological not territorial politics; 4 Participation; 5 Trends in party cohesion; 6 Agenda-setting and cohesion; 7 Who controls the MEPs?; 8 Competition and coalition formation; 9 Dimensions of politics; 10 Investiture and censure of the Santer Commission; 11 The Takeover Directive; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521872881
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521872881
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Hix, Simon, 1968 - Democratic politics in the European parliament Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007 ISBN 0521694604
Additional Edition:
ISBN 052187288X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521694605
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521872881
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Europäisches Parlament
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Gesetzgebende Gewalt
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Demokratie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511491955
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