Overview
- Provides an in-depth analysis of the mechanisms available to national parties to attempt control over their representatives’ behaviour in the EP and Council
- Offers an important contribution to our understanding of EU legislative politics
- Opens up new avenues for research on national party coordination between the Council and EP, which is an under-researched area
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About this book
This book provides a detailed study into whether Ministers in the Council vote the same way as Members of the European Parliament if they are from the same national party. The author explores the voting behavior of national representatives at the EU level, and this analysis is combined with insights from interviews with practitioners to shed light on the influence of national parties in the legislative process of the EU. This influence is found to be limited, as ministers in the Council and Members of the European Parliament submit to the constraints in their respective institutions rather than strictly voting along party lines. The study enhances our knowledge not only with regard to the role of national parties at the EU level, but also concerning the inter- and intra-institutional decision-making processes in the European Union. This book will particularly be of use to scholars and upper-level students interested in EU studies, legislative behaviour, and party politics.
Reviews
“Based on huge data material, including many interviews, this book presents novel research on national political parties and bicameralism in the EU. The analysis is impressive. It pays critical attention to existing research and theoretical approaches. It is methodologically sophisticated. It clearly adds to our knowledge about EU decision making and legislative politics.” (Finn Laursen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
“This work is of crucial interest for scholars of EU decision-making and multi-level party politics. It provides important insights into how party-based democracy works at the European level – or, rather, shows how it indeed fails to work most of the time.” (Wolfgang C. Müller, University of Vienna, Austria)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Monika Mühlböck is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economic Sociology at the University of Vienna, Austria. She has previously worked at the University of Salzburg, the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the University of Mannheim. Her research focuses on the European Union and legislative behavior.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Voting Unity of National Parties in Bicameral EU Decision-Making
Book Subtitle: Speaking with One Voice?
Authors: Monika Mühlböck
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39465-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39464-0Published: 19 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81892-4Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39465-7Published: 10 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 220
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Union Politics, Electoral Politics, European Politics