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The political system of European Union
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In this paper, the authors explained the EU political system and the decision-making procedures of the European Union, focusing on the role of the Single Market and the single market's role in the political system.Abstract:
Introduction: Explaining the EU Political System PART I: GOVERNMENT Executive Politics Legislative Politics Judicial Politics PART II: POLITICS Public Opinion Democracy, Parties and Elections Interest Representation PART III: POLICY-MAKING Regulation of the Single Market Expenditure Policies Economic and Monetary Union Citizen Freedom and Security Policies Foreign Policies Conclusions: Rethinking the European Union Appendix: Decision-making Procedures of the European Union Bibliographyread more
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Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that by thinking beyond traditional conceptions of the EU's international role and examining the case study of its international pursuit of the abolition of the death penalty, we may best conceive of the European Union as a "normative power Europe".
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Does Left/Right Structure Party Positions on European Integration?
TL;DR: The authors show that there is a strong relationship between the conventional left/right dimension and party positioning on European integration, and that the most powerful source of variation in party support is the new politics dimension, ranging from Green/alternative/libertarian to Traditional/authoritarian/nationalist.
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Democratic Politics in the European Parliament
TL;DR: For instance, the authors found that transnational parties in the European Parliament are highly cohesive and the classic 'left-right' dimension dominates voting behavior. And the cohesion of parties has increased as the powers of the Parliament have increased, suggesting that like-minded MEPs have incentives to form stable transnational party organizations.
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'New' Views on the Optimum Currency Area Theory: What is EMU Telling Us?
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of the optimum currency area (OCA) literature is presented, which is organized into four phases: the "pioneering phase" which put forward the OCA theory and its properties, the "reconciliation phase" when its diverse facets were combined, the ''reassessment phase'' that led to the ''new OCA'' theory, and the ''empirical phase'' during which the theory was subject to due empirical scrutiny.
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Parliamentary behaviour with two principals: preferences, parties, and voting in the European parliament
TL;DR: The authors found that national party policies are the strongest predictors of voting behavior in the European Parliament and that the EP parties force MEPs to toe the party line when national party and EP party preferences conflict, which way do MEPs respond?to the principals who control their election (the national parties) or the principals that control their influence in the EP (the EP par? ties)?
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Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics
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