On the State of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Julio Faundez Klappentext This book informs and stimulates the debate on the state of democracy and thus contributes towards improving and deepening the democratic process! both in new and old democracies. Zusammenfassung This book informs and stimulates the debate on the state of democracy and thus contributes towards improving and deepening the democratic process, both in new and old democracies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy 1. Holding Governments Accountable in European Affairs: Explaining Cross-National Variation 2. Parliamentary Scrutiny of Negotiations: Coping with Structural Dilemmas 3. Deliberate Delegation or Abdication? Government Backbenchers, Ministers and European Union Legislation 4. Europeanization of Executive-Legislative Relations: Nordic Perspectives 5. Backbenchers strike back: parliamentary influence in EU affairs 6. The Role of Committees in European Scrutiny 7. The Power of Opposition Parliamentary Party Groups in European Scrutiny 8. Roles and Orientations of Members of Parliament in the EU Context: Congruence or Difference? Europeanization or Not? 9. Relationships between the EP and National Parliaments – Conflict or Co-Operation? 10. After the Convention: The Future Role of National Parliaments in the European Union Conclusion for Further Research

Product details

• Authors: Faundez, Julio Faundez
• Assisted by: Julio Faundez (Editor), Faundez Julio (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415414203
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41420-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Democratization Special Issues; Democratization Special Issues
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory