The European Parliament, the national parliaments, and European integration
By: edited by Richard S. Katz and Bernhard Wessels.
Contributors: Katz, Richard S.; Wessels, Bernhard, 1955-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: European Parliament; Legislative bodies -- European Union countries
Description: "This book addresses the question of parliamentary involvement in the emerging European political system by looking at both national and European levels of parliamentary representation.

In doing this, it gives greater attention to the role of national parliaments than is usual in discussions about democracy in the European Union."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Representation, the locus of democratic legitimation, and the role of the national parliaments in the European Union / Richard S. Katz; title: Making Europeans? The socializing power of the European parliament / Mark N. Franklin and Susan E. Scarrow; title: Role orientations in parliaments / Richard S. Katz; title: Recruitment into the European parliament / Pippa Norris; title: European parliament and interest groups / Bernhard Wessels; title: Partisan structures in the European parliament / Jacques Thomassen and Hermann Schmitt; title: What kind of future; why? / Peter Esaiasson; title: Which competencies for which political level? / Bernhard Wessels and Achim Kielhorn; title: Policy evaluation / Michael Marsh; title: Decision-making and institutional change / Bernhard Wessels; title: Parliaments and democracy in Europe in the era of the Euro / Richard S. Katz and Bernhard Wessels.