The European Parliament
Subtitle: moving toward democracy in the EU
By: edited by Bernard Steunenberg and Jacques Thomassen.
Contributors: Steunenberg, Bernard.; Thomassen, J. J. A.
Series: Governance in Europe
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: European Parliament.; Democracy -- Europe, Western -- History -- 20th century.; Political parties -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Europe, Western -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Parties and voters : the feasibility of a European system of political representation / Jacques Thomassen; title: Can the circle be squared? Political representation and political integration in Europe / Bernhard Wessels; title: Transnational trends : the evolution of the European party system / Luciano Bardi; title: Beneficial cooperation or mutual ignorance? contacts between MEPs and national parties / Tapio Raunio; title: Going native? Institutional and partisan loyalty in the European Parliament / Roger Scully; title: When words matter : informal rules and the enlargement debate / Stefanie Bailer and Gerald Schneider; title: Playing different games : the European Parliament and the reform of codecision / Bernard Steunenberg; title: The European Parliament and environmental legislation / George Tsebelis and Anastassios Kalandrakis.