Voting unity of national parties in bicameral EU decision-making : speaking with one voice? /: speaking with one voice?. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Voting unity of national parties in bicameral European Union decision-making
• Further Information: Note: Monika Mühlböck.
• Authors: Mühlböck, Monika
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Motivation: The Roles National Parties Might Play in Bicameral EU Decision-Making; 1.2 Research Questions: One Voice or Forked Tongue?; Overarching Research Question: Which factors lead to united or divergent voting behavior of ministers in the Council and MEPs of the same national party in bicameral EU decision-making?; 1.3 A Framework for Analysis: Of Principals, Agents, and Constraints; 1.4 The Research Plan: A Mixed-Methods Approach. 1.5 Compiling a New Dataset: Voting in Bicameral Decision-Making1.6 A Look Behind the Scenes: Qualitative Interviews; 1.7 Overview of the Book; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Voting in EU Decision-Making; 2.1 The EU's Bicameral Legislative System; 2.2 Voting in the European Parliament; 2.3 A Bias in European Parliament Roll-Call Votes?; 2.4 "Voting" in the Council; 2.5 Different Datasets on and Definitions of Council Voting; 2.6 A Bias in Council Data?; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 3: The Influence of National Parties; 3.1 Potential Control Mechanisms; 3.2 Control Over MEPs. 5.2 How Often Do Ministers and MEPs of the Same Party Vote the Same Way?5.3 Factors that Might Influence Voting Unity; The Incentive to Display Cohesion; Party Control Over Ministers and MEPs; Direct Coordination Between Ministers and MEPs; Party-Internal Dissent; Divergent Institutional Constraints; Overview Over Hypotheses and Indicators; 5.4 Variables; Voting Unity; Incentive to Display Cohesion; Party Control Over Ministers and MEPs; Direct Coordination Between Ministers and MEPs; Party-Internal Dissent; Divergent Institutional Constraints; Control Variables; 5.5 Explaining Voting Unity. Candidate SelectionPrior Instructions and Reporting Requirements; General Assessment of Party Control Over MEPs; 3.3 Control Over Ministers in the Council; Prior Instructions and Reporting Requirements; Government Type; The Influence of National Parliaments on EU Decision-Making; General Assessment of Party Control Over Ministers in the Council; 3.4 Coordination Between Ministers and MEPs; Contacts Between Ministers and MEPs; The Permanent Representations as Coordinators Between the Council and EP; Coordination of Voting Behavior Between Ministers and MEPs. General Assessment of Coordination Between Ministers and MEPs3.5 Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: The Influence of Institutional Constraints; 4.1 The Main Constraint in the EP: Transnational Groups; 4.2 Voting Cohesion of Transnational Groups; 4.3 Defection from the Transnational Group; 4.4 The Main Constraint in the Council: The "Culture of Consensus"; 4.5 Consensual Voting in the Council; 4.6 Defection from the Consensus; 4.7 Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Voting Unity Between Ministers and Members of the European Parliament; 5.1 Theorizing Voting Unity.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.242/224; Political science; Voting research -- European Union countries; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Employees; Politics and government; Voting registers; Voting research; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Elections & referenda; Politics & government; European Union; Elections; European Union countries -- Politics and government; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books; Voting; Officials and employees
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319394657; 3319394657
• Related ISBNs: 9783319394640
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Print version record.
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