Simon Hix

Democratic Politics in the European Parliament (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511276248
• Artikelnr.: 38183898

Autorenporträt

Simon Hix is Professor of European and Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

‘An original and compelling case for recognising the growing importance of party politics in the European Parliament.’ Michael Shackleton, European Parliament Secretariat