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Author:   Berthold Rittberger (Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.529kg
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9780199273423

ISBN 10:   0199273421
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   24 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Building Europe's Parliament Part I: Theory 1: The Empowerment of the European Parliament: Lessons from the New Institutionalism and Democratic Theory 2: Parliamentary Institutions in International Polities: What are the Conditions? Part II: The European Parliament's Power Trias 3: The Origins of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community 4: Budgetary Powers and the Treaty of Luxembourg 5: Legislative Powers and the Single European Act 6: From Maastricht to the Constitutional Treaty: The Return of National Parliaments? Conclusion: No Integration without Representation? Bibliography

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Rittberger has written a convincing and fascinating account of the birth and empowerment of the worlds only supranational legislature. EUSA Review The strength of Rittbergers work is that it illustrates the parliamentarization of a system in an era when parliaments are supposedly declining in liberal democracies. Journal of Common Market Studies This monograph is a major contribution to both the history and the political theory of European integration. Political Studies Review

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