A modern guide to the European Parliament
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A modern guide to the European Parliament
Pinter, 1994
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"Distributed in the United States and Canada by St. Martin's Press"
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This text provides an accessible, critical and analytical guide to the European Parliament, placing the institution in context in the light of the Maastricht Treaty and the forthcoming European elections. The volume should be useful to students as well as those working near to the EC and its institutions, including lawyers, lobbyists and consultants.
Table of Contents
- Part I The European Parliament in context: the paradigm of parliamentary democracy - decline, persistence and renewal
- the coalescence of European integration and the role of parliamentary assemblies
- the institutional context
- the European Parliament's relations with the other Community Institutions
- the European Parliament and the National Parliaments
- the broader context. Part 2 The electoral link: European citizenship
- the right to vote and to stand as a candidate
- direct elections
- uniform elections
- the current diversity
- the numbers and distribution of members
- consituency boundaries in the United Kingdom. Part III The powers of the European Parliament: the power of dismissal (the censure motion)
- the power of appointment (consultation)
- budgetary powers
- legislative powers
- external powers
- economic and monetary union
- justice and home affairs
- parliament's other scrutiny and supervisory powers
- the power of expression and debate. Part 4 The politics of the European Parliament: parliament's structure
- parliament's method
- parliaments's political agenda
- parliament's future. Part 5 The 1994 European elections.
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