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... The Institutional Integration of an Expanded EU or How ,New' European Actors Fit... more ... The Institutional Integration of an Expanded EU or How ,New' European Actors Fit into ,Old' European Institutions Amie Kreppel and Gaye Gungor March 2006 Institut fur Hohere Studien (IHS), Wien Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Page 2. Contents Introduction 1 ...
West European Politics
The Treaty of Lisbon explicitly classifies the Council of the European Union as part of the legis... more The Treaty of Lisbon explicitly classifies the Council of the European Union as part of the legislative branch; yet, few analyses treat it as such. Instead, most treat the Council as an intergovernmental organisation governed by homogenous member state interests. This research squarely repositions the Council within the legislative studies literature and examines the character of its organisational structure. At the same time, the representatives from the member states are disaggregated to allow for an analysis of the ideological variation within member state delegations. The result is a reinterpretation of Council formations as a type of legislative committee structure. The membership of these ‘committees’ across all member states during the years 2000–2010 is then analysed to determine whether they are likely to be distributional or informational in character based on their ideological mean. The results suggest that treating national
delegations to the Council as uniform, homogenous blocks based solely on national dentity is a mistake.
Journal of European Public Policy, 2012
West European Politics Vol. 34, No. 1, , 2011
Bulletin of Italian Politics, 2009
Journal of European Public Policy, Dec 2004
Comparative Political Studies, 2002
Comparative Political Studies, 2003
Political Research Quarterly, 2001
Journal of European Public Policy, 2003
European Journal of Political Research, 1997
Abstract. Frequent government crisis and high legislative output have distinguished Italy for ove... more Abstract. Frequent government crisis and high legislative output have distinguished Italy for over forty years. Previous explanations of the Italian legislative process have focused on the institutions established since the Second World War. In particular, the ability of the parliamentary committees to pass legislation, and the ‘polarized’ nature of the Italian party system have received a great deal of attention. This type of structural analysis has proved unable to successfully explain the significant variations in legislative output which have occurred since the early 1950s. This paper attempts to add to previous structural models by demonstrating that much of the variation which has occurred can be linked to the number of parties participating in the governing coalition. Furthermore, the paper questions previous interpretations of leggine (small laws) and the role they play within the legislative process by demonstrating their positive relationship to regular legislation.
Jcms: Journal of Common Market Studies, 1999
Jcms: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2003
European Journal of Political Research, 1998
The purpose of this article is twofold. Our first goal is to make explicit an institutionalist th... more The purpose of this article is twofold. Our first goal is to make explicit an institutionalist theory of European integration. This theory is based on the concept of ‘conditional agenda setting’, which we argue has played an important role in European integration. According to this theory, the fact that Commission proposals are more easily accepted than modified by the Council has accelerated the pace of integration. This finding brings us to the second goal of this article which is to investigate, by studying the history of EU institutions, whether or not these institutions were the result of conscious planning. We demonstrate that while some of the founding fathers (Hallstein, Spaak) and opponents of the EU (de Gaulle) had an accurate understanding of the institutional structures created in Rome, later participants in the integration process did not. In particular, the arguments surrounding the Single European Act indicate a lack of understanding of the full implications of the institutions selected.
Comparative Political Studies, 1999
British Journal of Political Science, 2001
Abstract will be provided by author.
... The Institutional Integration of an Expanded EU or How ,New' European Actors Fit... more ... The Institutional Integration of an Expanded EU or How ,New' European Actors Fit into ,Old' European Institutions Amie Kreppel and Gaye Gungor March 2006 Institut fur Hohere Studien (IHS), Wien Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Page 2. Contents Introduction 1 ...
West European Politics
The Treaty of Lisbon explicitly classifies the Council of the European Union as part of the legis... more The Treaty of Lisbon explicitly classifies the Council of the European Union as part of the legislative branch; yet, few analyses treat it as such. Instead, most treat the Council as an intergovernmental organisation governed by homogenous member state interests. This research squarely repositions the Council within the legislative studies literature and examines the character of its organisational structure. At the same time, the representatives from the member states are disaggregated to allow for an analysis of the ideological variation within member state delegations. The result is a reinterpretation of Council formations as a type of legislative committee structure. The membership of these ‘committees’ across all member states during the years 2000–2010 is then analysed to determine whether they are likely to be distributional or informational in character based on their ideological mean. The results suggest that treating national
delegations to the Council as uniform, homogenous blocks based solely on national dentity is a mistake.
Journal of European Public Policy, 2012
West European Politics Vol. 34, No. 1, , 2011
Bulletin of Italian Politics, 2009
Journal of European Public Policy, Dec 2004
Comparative Political Studies, 2002
Comparative Political Studies, 2003
Political Research Quarterly, 2001
Journal of European Public Policy, 2003
European Journal of Political Research, 1997
Abstract. Frequent government crisis and high legislative output have distinguished Italy for ove... more Abstract. Frequent government crisis and high legislative output have distinguished Italy for over forty years. Previous explanations of the Italian legislative process have focused on the institutions established since the Second World War. In particular, the ability of the parliamentary committees to pass legislation, and the ‘polarized’ nature of the Italian party system have received a great deal of attention. This type of structural analysis has proved unable to successfully explain the significant variations in legislative output which have occurred since the early 1950s. This paper attempts to add to previous structural models by demonstrating that much of the variation which has occurred can be linked to the number of parties participating in the governing coalition. Furthermore, the paper questions previous interpretations of leggine (small laws) and the role they play within the legislative process by demonstrating their positive relationship to regular legislation.
Jcms: Journal of Common Market Studies, 1999
Jcms: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2003
European Journal of Political Research, 1998
The purpose of this article is twofold. Our first goal is to make explicit an institutionalist th... more The purpose of this article is twofold. Our first goal is to make explicit an institutionalist theory of European integration. This theory is based on the concept of ‘conditional agenda setting’, which we argue has played an important role in European integration. According to this theory, the fact that Commission proposals are more easily accepted than modified by the Council has accelerated the pace of integration. This finding brings us to the second goal of this article which is to investigate, by studying the history of EU institutions, whether or not these institutions were the result of conscious planning. We demonstrate that while some of the founding fathers (Hallstein, Spaak) and opponents of the EU (de Gaulle) had an accurate understanding of the institutional structures created in Rome, later participants in the integration process did not. In particular, the arguments surrounding the Single European Act indicate a lack of understanding of the full implications of the institutions selected.
Comparative Political Studies, 1999
British Journal of Political Science, 2001
Abstract will be provided by author.