Challenging Executive Dominance
Bringing together scholars from Europe and North America, this book examines the engagement of legislatures across the world in foreign and security policy. The articles are specifically chosen to cover the whole range of foreign affairs questions from crisis management and military missions, arms trade, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union (EU), international energy agreements, to international trade negotiations. Drawing on a principalagent framework, the book challenges the conventional wisdom of executive autonomy in foreign affairs, with parliaments using multiple ex ante and ex post instruments to monitor, oversee and control governments in external relations. Moving beyond the politics stops at the waters edge image, the articles highlight the role of party-political contestation instead of consensus in the name of national interest structuring parliamentary debates and decision-making in this increasingly politicized issue area. Considering the lack of research on parliamentary participation in foreign affairs beyond the specific case of the US Congress, the book will also contribute to theory building and will deepen our understanding of legislativeexecutive relations.
The chapters were originally published as a special issue in West European Politics.
Tapio Raunio is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Finland. His research interests cover legislatures and political parties, the Europeanization of domestic politics, semi-presidentialism and the Finnish political system.
Wolfgang Wagner is Professor of International Security at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His research revolves around domestic politics and international conflict with particular attention given to legislatures and, more recently, political parties.
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Contents
Tapio Raunio and Wolfgang Wagner
Wolfgang Wagner, Anna Herranz-Surralls, Juliet Kaarbo and Falk Ostermann
David P. Auerswald
Juliet Kaarbo and Daniel Kenealy
Patrick A. Mello
Falk Ostermann
Philippe Lagass and Stephen M. Saideman
Alexandra Sakaki and Kerstin Lukner
Annika Herbel
Anna Herranz-Surralls
Davor Jani
The chapters in this book were originally published in West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Tapio Raunio and Wolfgang Wagner
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 119
Wolfgang Wagner, Anna Herranz-Surralls, Juliet Kaarbo and Falk Ostermann
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 2041
David P. Auerswald
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 4261
Juliet Kaarbo and Daniel Kenealy
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 6279
Patrick A. Mello
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 80100
Falk Ostermann
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 101118
Philippe Lagass and Stephen M. Saideman
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 119138
Alexandra Sakaki and Kerstin Lukner
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 139160
Annika Herbel
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 161182
Anna Herranz-Surralls
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 183201
Davor Jani
West European Politics, volume 40, issue 1 (January 2017) pp. 202221
