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Democratic politics in the European parliament

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With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly-fragmented and unpredictable. By studying more than 12,000 recorded votes between 1979 and 2004 this 2007 book establishes that the opposite is in fact true: transnational parties in the European Parliament are highly cohesive and the classic 'left-right' dimension dominates voting behaviour. Furthermore, the cohesion of parties in the European Parliament has increased as the powers of the Parliament have increased. The authors suggest that the main reason for these developments is that like-minded MEPs have incentives to form stable transnational party organizations and to use these organizations to compete over European Union policies. They suggest that this is a positive development for the future of democratic accountability in the European Union.

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Ketersediaan

2024-2789

328.4 Hix d

Perpustakaan Diplomasi

Tersedia

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

328.4 Hix d

Penerbit

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press., 2007

Deskripsi Fisik

xvi, 242 pages : illustrations (black and white) : bibl: hlm 221-234 : index ; 23 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-521-69460-5

Klasifikasi

328.4

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

First Published

Subjek

European Union
European Parliament
Legislative power--European Union countries

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Simon Hix

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