This paper analyzes the extent to which the ‘world’s only elected supranational assembly’ has become institutionalized. More specifically, it asks the following question: Has the European Parliament become more complex, autonomous, specialized and universalistic? Using the concepts derived from the theory of institutionalization, I attempt to address this question and develop our knowledge of the institutional evolution of the European Parliament
Hitherto, we lack a systematic theoretically-guided explanation for one of the most striking institu...
One of the most remarkable democratic developments in Europe in recent decades has been the empowerm...
This thesis addresses the relationship between formal and informal institutions in the European Parl...
This paper analyzes the extent to which the "world's only elected supranational assembly" has become...
Representative democracy has been accorded constitutional status with the entry into force of the Li...
This paper seeks to ‘locate’ the EP within the comparative study of legislatures and within the wide...
This paper will examine the impact the last enlargements and treaty change have had on the European ...
Institutional reform is once again one of the main issues on the EU's agenda. It has been a pertinen...
While an extensive (US) literature stresses the importance of procedural rules in the evolution of p...
While an extensive (US) literature stresses the importance of procedural rules in the evolution of p...
Much of the discussion about the provisions on national parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty has concern...
Much of the discussion about the provisions on national parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty has concern...
Hitherto, we lack a systematic theoretically-guided explanation for one of the most striking institu...
One of the most remarkable democratic developments in Europe in recent decades has been the empowerm...
This thesis addresses the relationship between formal and informal institutions in the European Parl...
This paper analyzes the extent to which the "world's only elected supranational assembly" has become...
Representative democracy has been accorded constitutional status with the entry into force of the Li...
This paper seeks to ‘locate’ the EP within the comparative study of legislatures and within the wide...
This paper will examine the impact the last enlargements and treaty change have had on the European ...
Institutional reform is once again one of the main issues on the EU's agenda. It has been a pertinen...
While an extensive (US) literature stresses the importance of procedural rules in the evolution of p...
While an extensive (US) literature stresses the importance of procedural rules in the evolution of p...
Much of the discussion about the provisions on national parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty has concern...
Much of the discussion about the provisions on national parliaments in the Lisbon Treaty has concern...
Hitherto, we lack a systematic theoretically-guided explanation for one of the most striking institu...
One of the most remarkable democratic developments in Europe in recent decades has been the empowerm...
This thesis addresses the relationship between formal and informal institutions in the European Parl...