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Centre-left Parties and the European Union: Power, Accountability, and Democracy - Couverture rigide

Hertner, Isabelle

 
9781526120335: Centre-left Parties and the European Union: Power, Accountability, and Democracy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 152612033X ISBN 13 : 9781526120335
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Does European integration contribute to, or even accelerate, the erosion of intra-party democracy? This book analyses the impact of European Union (EU) membership on power dynamics, focusing on the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party (PS), and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). Utilising a principal-agent framework, it investigates who within the parties determines EU policies and selects EU specialists. Drawing on original interviews with EU experts from Labour, the PS, the SPD and the Party of European Socialists (PES), as well as an e-mail questionnaire, this book reveals that European policy has remained in the hands of the party leadership. The study also suggests that the party grassroots are interested in the EU, but that interest rarely translates into influence. As regards the selection of EU specialists, this book highlights that the parties' processes are highly political, often informal, and in some cases, undemocratic.

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À propos de l'auteur

Isabelle Hertner is Lecturer in the Politics of Britain in Europe at King's College London

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
152612033X
ISBN 13 
9781526120335
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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