Joey-David Ovey

Between Nation and Europe

Labour, the SPD and the European Parliament 1994-1999

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Produktbeschreibung

Which theories best fit a study of the relationship between parties at the na tional and European level? To date, the theoretical underpinning of works on transnational parties has generally reflected the general debate on European integration. As Haas covered the topic of transnational parties, it follows that 74 neofunctionalism has been drawn upon. This has been complemented by 75 transnationalism and domestic policy approaches. As the talk is of parties, 76 the literature on political parties has been used extensively to conceive of transnational parties as a complementary arena to national parties arenas. ?7 78 More recently, the literature on networks has been used, this demonstrating the tendency to treat transnational political parties as an integral part of the ED system in which they are embedded. This move away from International Relations paradigms has also seen comparativists increasing their interest in 79 transnational parties. Again following the general debate onthe nature of the 80 ED, new institutionalist approaches have also been used. In this chapter, I shall introduce the main theoretical basis of this study, New Institutionalism, which will be complemented by considerations of the transformation of political parties. Then, a hypothetical concept of 'detach ment' will be introduced to explain the nature of inter-level party relations in the ED. From this, some hypotheses will be extracted which will be put to test in the later case study. 2. 1.

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Produktdetails

• Forschungen zur Europäischen Integration 6
• Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 85024045, 978-3-8100-3553-0
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9783810035530
• ISBN-10: 381003553X
• Artikelnr.: 10871547

Autorenporträt

Dr. rer. pol. Joey-David Ovey, Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Osnabrück.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Parties at the European Level and Research Question.- 1.1 The question of parties at the European level.- 1.2 Transnational parties in the EU.- 1.3 Research interest and question.- 1.4 Research design and method.- 2. Theoretical Background.- 2.1 New institutionalism.- 2.2 Parties as institutions and party change.- 2.3 Hypothesising about detachment and national party reactions.- 2.4 Conclusion.- 3. Setting the Scene: The European Parliament.- 3.1 The EP in the political system of the EU.- 3.1.1 The EP from the founding of the ECSC via the Treaties of Rome to the first direct elections.- 3.1.2 The EP from the first direct elections to the Single European Act.- 3.1.3 From the SEA to Maastricht.- 3.1.4 From Maastricht to Amsterdam.- 3.1.5 The EP post-Amsterdam.- 3.2 The EP as an institutional setting for party work.- 3.3 The EP a new sort of parliament?.- 4. The Group of the Party of European Socialists.- 4.1 History and development.- 4.1.1 History until the founding of the ECSC.- 4.1.2 From the founding of the ECSC to the Hague Summit.- 4.1.3 From the Hague Summit to the first direct elections.- 4.1.4 From the first direct elections to the SEA.- 4.1.5 From the SEA to Maastricht.- 4.1.6 From Maastricht to the present.- 4.2 Organisational make-up.- 4.3 The Group of the PES a detached entity.- 5. The SPD.- 5.1 The SPD organisation and anarchy .- 5.1.1 Panebianco s thoughts on the SPD.- 5.1.2 Is Panebianco right?.- 5.1.3 Expectations of the SPD in the EP.- 5.2 Relations between the SPD leadership and the SPD delegation.- 5.2.1 The European election 1994.- 5.2.2 The 1994 Bundestag election.- 5.2.3 The chancellor candidate question.- 5.2.4 The 1998 Bundestag election.- 5.2.4.1 Links between the SPD delegation in the EP and the Bundestag SPD group.- 5.2.5 Into government: the problem of multi-level co-ordination and hierarchy.- 5.2.6 The 1999 German presidency of the Council of Ministers.- 5.2.7 Policy-making in the SPD delegation.- 5.2.7.1 Economic and Monetary Union.- 5.2.7.2 Regional aid.- 5.2.7.3 Relations with Turkey.- 5.2.7.4 Institutional affairs.- 5.2.7.5 The 1996 discharge and the vote of confidence in the Commission.- 5.2.8 The 1999 European election.- 5.2.8.1 The selection procedure.- 5.2.8.2 The election.- 5.3 SPD in the group of the PES a summary.- 6. The Labour Party.- 6.1 The Labour Party organisation and change.- 6.1.1 Panebianco s thoughts on Labour.- 6.1.2 Towards a greater degree of institutionalisation?.- 6.1.3 Expectations of Labour in the EP.- 6.2 Relations between the Labour leadership and the EPLP.- 6.2.1 The 1994 European election.- 6.2.2 The EPLP and the election of Tony Blair as party leader.- 6.2.3 The EPLP and Clause 4.- 6.2.4 The 1997 general election.- 6.2.4.1 Links between the EPLP and the PLP.- 6.2.5 The introduction of the link system .- 6.2.6 The code of conduct.- 6.2.7 The 1998 British Presidency of the Council of Ministers.- 6.2.8 Policy-making in the EPLP.- 6.2.8.1 Economic and Monetary Union.- 6.2.8.2 Agriculture and Agenda 2000: modulation.- 6.2.8.3 Issues relating to the internal market: workers rights.- 6.2.8.4 Relations with Turkey.- 6.2.8.5 Institutional affairs.- 6.2.8.6 The 1996 discharge and the vote of confidence in the Commission.- 6.2.9 The 1999 European election.- 6.2.9.1 The selection procedure.- 6.2.9.2 The election.- 6.3 Labour in the group of the PES a summary.- 7. Conclusions Lessons for European Parties.- 7.1 The SPD and Labour in the group of the PES in the EP a comparison.- 7.2 Suggestions for improvement.- 7.2.1 SPD.- 7.2.2 Labour.- 7.3 Is detachment legitimate?.- 7.4 Lessons for EU parties and the EU party system.