Title The parliamentary roots of European social policy : turning talk into power / Mechthild Roos

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) : illustrations Series Palgrave studies in European Union politics Palgrave studies in European Union politics. Contents Chapter 1. Introduction: The parliamentarisation of a consultative assembly -- Chapter 2. Conceptualising the European Parliaments gain in power, 1952-1979 -- Chapter 3. The institutional evolution of the European Parliament prior to 1979 -- Chapter 4. Creating a borderless Europe: The European Parliaments activism in the pursuit of a free movement of persons -- Chapter 5. Emancipating Europe: The European Parliaments involvement in Community equality policy -- Chapter 6. Forging Europes next generations: The European Parliaments children and youth policy -- Chapter 7. Controlling the purse: How the European Parliament shaped social policy through the European Social Fund -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The making of a parliament Summary The European Parliament (EP) a powerful actor in today's European Union was not intended to be more than a consultative assembly at first. Yet this book shows that the EP was much more influential in shaping Community policy in the early years of the integration process than either the founding Treaties or most existing scholarship would allow. It studies the EPs institutional evolution through the lens of Community social policy, a policy area with a particularly strong ideational dimension. By promoting a European social dimension, Members of the EP (MEPs) presented the Parliament as the true representative of European citizens by channelling their interests and needs. MEPs thus emphasised the EPs role as a provider of democratic legitimacy for Community politics, whilst at the same time trying to convince European citizens that the Communities could have a real and positive impact on their everyday lives. Mechthild Roos is Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Augsburg University, Germany Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 8, 2021) Subject European Parliament -- History SUBJECT European Parliament fast Subject European communities -- History Social policy European communities SUBJECT European Economic Community countries -- Social policy Subject European Economic Community countries Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030782337 3030782336

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