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Building Europe's parliament : democratic representation beyond the nation state /

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Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers? Rittberger develops a theory of delegation to representative institutions, and demonstrates just how and why the European Parliament has become so p...

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Main Author: Rittberger, Berthold, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
European Parliament.
Parlement européen.
European Parliament
Supranationalism > European Union countries.
Legislative power > European Union countries.
Supranationalité > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Pouvoir législatif > Pays de l'Union européenne.
LAW > International.
UE/CE Parlement.
Pouvoir législatif.
Démocratie.
UE/CE Histoire.
Prise de décision.
Legislative power
Supranationalism
European Union countries
Europees Parlement.
Representatie (politicologie)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Building Europe's Parliament; Part I: Theory; 1. The Empowerment of the European Parliament: Lessons from the New Institutionalism and Democratic Theory; 2. Parliamentary Institutions in International Polities: What Are the Conditions?; Part II: The European Parliament's power trias; 3. The Origins of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community; 4. Budgetary Powers and the Treaty of Luxembourg; 5. Legislative Powers and the Single European Act.