Becoming Europeans? : attitudes, behaviour, and socialization in the European Parliament / Roger Scully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scully, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Parliament.

Legislators--Europe.

Legislators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An almost universal point of agreement in contemporary political science is that 'institutions matter'. But the governing institutions of the European Union are widely presumed to matter more than most. A commonplace assumption about the EU is that those working within European institutions are subject to a pervasive tendency to become socialized into progressively more pro-integration attitudes and behaviours. The assumption has been integral to many accounts of Europeanintegration, and is also central to how scholars study individual EU institutions. However, the theoretical and empirical ad

Contents:

The institutional context

Europe's elected Parliament

Going native?

Understanding institutional socialization

Investigating MEPs attitudes

Evidence from voting behaviour

Conclusion

Becoming Europeans?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-26826-0

9786612268267

0-19-153635-0

1-4237-8878-8

OCLC:

712015961