The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions that a legitimacy crisis faces the European Union (EU). Many in the EU have believed that this problem could be effectively tackled by vesting greater powers in the European Parliament (EP), the Union's only directly-elected institution. The central argument of this book is that, while considerable efforts have been made to increase the status of the EP, it is in crucial respects a failure as a representative body. This failure is grounded in the manner in which the parliament is elected....
The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions that a legitimacy crisis faces the European ...
Who is really making EU laws and regulations? Formally, and according to most popular accounts, responsibility lies with European politicians who are directly elected (MEPs) or indirectly accountable to elected bodies at the European or national level (council). In practice, however, as this book shows, things can be very different. The real makers of European legislation and rules are frequently unelected and far from the public gaze. This book describes and evaluates the role of many such unseen lawmakers, including commission officials, experts from national governments and companies,...
Who is really making EU laws and regulations? Formally, and according to most popular accounts, responsibility lies with European politicians who are ...
This is a major new challenge to the widely held assumption that those working in EU institutions become more supportive of European integration. Theoretically advanced, and containing rich empirical data subjected to methodologically sophisticated analysis, Becoming Euopeans forces us to reconsider our basic assumptions about the European Parliament and the process of European integration. This is a landmark text in the field of European integration, of interest to anyone interested in political institutions and socialization.
This is a major new challenge to the widely held assumption that those working in EU institutions become more supportive of European integration. Theo...
Europe, Regions and European Regionalism examines the political role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe. Offering an up-to-date analysis of regionalism with a broad empirical scope, this book explores regions and regionalism in the period after the substantial enlargements of the European Union.
Europe, Regions and European Regionalism examines the political role of regions and regionalism within contemporary Europe. Offering an up-to-date ana...
