| Description |
xv, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
3.2. The power of appointment (consultation). 3.3. Budgetary powers. 3.4. Legislative powers. 3.5. External powers. 3.6. Economic and Monetary Union. 3.7. Justice and home affairs. 3.8. Parliament's other scrutiny and supervisory powers. 3.9. The power of expression and debate -- 4. The politics of the European Parliament. 4.1. Parliament's structure. 4.2. Parliament's method. 4.3. Parliament's political agenda. 4.4. Parliament's future -- Annex 1: The 1994 European Elections and the new Parliament -- Annex 2: A short note on the European Parliament's seat -- Annex 3: The cost of the European Parliament -- Annex 4: Glossary of parliamentary terms and jargon |
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Preface / Leon Brittan -- 1. The European Parliament in context. 1.1. The paradigm of parliamentary democracy: decline, persistence and renewal. 1.2. The coalescence of European integration and the role of parliamentary assemblies. 1.3. The institutional context: the Parliament's relations with the other Community institutions. 1.4. The European Parliament and the national parliaments. 1.5. The broader context -- 2. The electoral link. 2.1. European citizenship. 2.2. The right to vote and to stand as a candidate. 2.3. Direct elections. 2.4. Uniform elections. 2.5. The current diversity. 2.6. The numbers and distribution of members. 2.7. Constituency boundaries in the United Kingdom. 2.8. Previous results. 2.9. 'Second-order national elections' or European elections? 2.10. Candidates and careers. 2.11. The European Parliament and the 'democratic deficit' -- 3. The powers of the European Parliament. 3.1. The power of dismissal (the censure motion) |
| Analysis |
Legislatures |
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Western Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index |
| Subject |
European Parliament.
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| LC no. |
94029566 |
| ISBN |
1855672006 (hardback) |
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1855672014 (paperback) |
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