European Parliament's Political Groups in Turbulent Times

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-94011-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties.  It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU politics. Each chapter is authored by leading scholars in the field, working on key topics in relation to political groups: political group formation and function, their role in parliamentary and EU policy-making, the way that Eurosceptic MEPs influence (or not) the Parliament, and the nature and form of interactions with external actors. In doing so, each chapter opens hitherto unexplored ‘black boxes’ in the political work of the EP, such as the internal practices of, and power relations within the political groups, and informal arenas of intra-group decision-making.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahrens, Petra

Kantola, Johanna

Elomäki, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Parlament

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: European Parliament's Political Groups in Turbulent Times.- 2. Negotiating Power and Democracy in Political Groups Formation in the European Parliament.- 3. The Political Groups as Organisations: The Institutionalisation of Transnational Party Politics.- 4. Democratic Practices and Political Dynamics of Intra-Group Policy Formation in the European Parliament.- 5. Eurosceptic Contestation and Legislative Behaviour in the European Parliament.- 6. When Words Do Not Follow Deeds: An Analysis of Party Competition between Centre-Right and Eurosceptic Radical-Right Parties in the European Parliament?.- 7. How Do Eurosceptics Wage Opposition in the European Parliament? Patterns of Behaviour in the 8th Legislature.- 8. Shaping the EU's Future? Europarties, European Parliament's Political Groups and the Conference on the Future of Europe.- 9. (Disap)pointing in the Mirror: The European Parliament's Obligations to Protect EU Basic Values in Member States and at EU Level.- 10. Parliamentary Politics and Polarisation around Gender: Tackling Inequalities in Political Groups in the European Parliament.- 11. 'Ethno, Ethno, What?': Using Ethnography to Explore the European Parliament's Political Groups in Turbulent Times.- 12. Turbulent Times for the European Parliament's Political Groups? Lessons on Continuity and Change.

Über Autor(innen)

Petra Ahrens  is Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Social Science, Tampere University, Finland. Anna Elomäki  is Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. Johanna Kantola  is Professor of Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland.