The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy
This groundbreaking new study shows how the process of creating an ever closer Union affects not only the policy-making, but also the democratic polity and politics of the member states.
Available empirical studies on the domestic impact of Europe have identified different forms of Europeanisation due to alternative mechanisms of internalising new norms and rules. Although many studies have since focused on the question of how, when, at what pace and to what effect Europe matters, the Europeanisation of parliamentary democracy is still under-researched. This is all the more astonishing as democracy in the EU depends to a large extent on the democratic legitimacy of procedures at the national level.
This volume addresses this key issue of Europeanisation and thus contributes to the ongoing debate on the parliamentary dimension of the European Union. It brings together theoretical concepts as well as cross-national empirical research, focussing on different elements such as structures, procedures and decision-making processes as well as on the question how parliamentarians as actors react to these changes and actively shape this dimension of Europeanisation.
This book was previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Legislative Studies.
Katrin Auel is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford.
Arthur Benz is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, University of Hagen.
THE LIBRARY OF LEGISLATIVE STUDIES
General Editor Philip Norton
ISSN 14609649
A series of new recent books exploring the role of legislature in contemporary political systems.
The volumes typically draw together a team of country specialist to provide in-depth analysis.
Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe
Edited by Philip Norton
Volume 1: Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe
Volume 2: Parliaments and Pressure Groups in Western Europe
Volume 3: Parliaments and Citizens in Western Europe
Second Chambers
Edited by Nicholas D.J. Baldwin and Donald Shell
Delegation and Accountability in European Integration
The Nordic Parliamentary Democracies and the European Union
Edited by Torbjrn Bergman and Erik Damgaard
The Uneasy Relationships between Parliamentary Members and Leaders
Edited by Lawrence D. Longley and Reuven Y. Hazan
Parliaments in Asia
Edited by Philip Norton and Nizam Ahmed
Conscience and Parliament
Edited by Philip Cowley
The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees
Edited by Lawrence D. Longley and Roger H. Davidson
Members of Parliament in Western Europe
Roles and Behaviour
Edited by Wolfgang C. Mller and Thomas Saalfeld
Parliaments in Western Europe
Edited by Philip Norton
The New Parliaments of Central and Eastern Europe
Edited by David M. Olson and Philip Norton
National Parliaments and the European Union
Edited by Philip Norton
The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy
Edited by Katrin Auel and Arthur Benz
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Contents
Katrin Auel |
Tapio Raunio |
Thomas Saalfeld |
Katrin Auel and Arthur Benz |
Eric Damgaard and Henrik Jensen |
Finn Laursen |
Ronald Holzhacker |
Bernhard Wessels |
Karlheinz Neunreither |
Ana Fraga |
Arthur Benz |
List of Contributors
Katrin Auel is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford. Her research interests include legislative studies and democratic theory, especially the democratic legitimacy of systems of multi-level governance such as the European Union. Her publications include Regionalisiertes Europa Demokratisches Europa? (Baden-Baden: Nomos 2003).
Arthur Benz is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, University of Hagen. He has published extensively on federalism, governance and public policy, and recently in particular on democracy in systems of multi-level governance (editor with Yannis Papadopoulos, Governance and Democracy Comparing National, European and Transnational Experiences, London: Routledge, 2005 forthcoming).
Erik Damgaard is Professor of Government at the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. His professional research interests include legislative studies, parliamentary government, coalition studies and democratic theory. He has published widely in books and journals on Danish and Nordic parliaments and politics over the past several decades.
Henrik Jensen is Associate Professor in Government at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His professional research interests include parliaments and political theory. He has published books on the Danish parliament including a book on the Danish European Affairs Committee (Europaudvalget et udvalg i Folketinget, rhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2003).
Ana Fraga is a former Clerk of the European Affairs Committee of the Portugese Parliament. She has a Masters in EU Law from the Universidade Catlica and a Law Degree from the Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa. Her publications include The Parliament of Portugal: Loyal Scrutiny and Informal Influence, in Andreas Maurer and Wolfgang Wessels (eds.), National Parliaments on their Ways to Europe: Losers or latecomers?, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2001; What Europe? Portugals Reactive Adaptation to European Institutional Changes, South European Politics and Society, 9/1, Summer 2004, pp.97120 (with F. Torres).
Ronald Holzhacker is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Twente and Fellow of University College Utrecht in the Netherlands. He is broadly interested in the impact of the European Union on national democratic processes in the Member States and has published in Party Politics, European Union Politics, and the Journal of Legislative Studies.
Finn Laursen
