Description: Centre-left Parties and the European Union : Power, Accountability, and Democracy, Hardcover by Hertner, Isabelle, ISBN 152612033X, ISBN-13 9781526120335, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Centre-left Parties and the European Union : Power, Accountabilit
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Centre-Left Parties and the European Union : Power, Accountability and Democracy
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Subject: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, World / European, Comparative Politics, Political Process / Political Parties, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Isabelle Hertner
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
