Nine Nations Make a Law: A Comparison of the Politics of the Legislative Process for Direct Elections
In: Comparative politics, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 1
ISSN: 2151-6227
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In: Comparative politics, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 1
ISSN: 2151-6227
In: Comparative politics, Band 15, S. 1-22
ISSN: 0010-4159
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 271-293
ISSN: 1460-2482
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 7, Heft 2, S. 117-146
ISSN: 1475-6765
ABSTRACTWith a constitutional framework that provides only weak formal powers over the Council and Commission of the European Community, the European Parliament has adopted a constructive focus on policy control through its committee system. In this study, the organisation and powers of the committees are examined in a developmental perspective, and the manner in which they influence the policy process is analysed through a specific study of the Regional Policy and Social Affairs Committees in 1976–1977. This closer analysis uses both subjective and objective data to show: that the process of legislative scrutiny ‐ and to a lesser extent the initiative of legislation – has become a major focus of committee activity, which in turn absorbs most of the energy of MEPs; that control rests in the hands of a small number of committee members; but that party control over most of the institutional processes prevents the development of autonomous and powerful committees on the model of the U.S. Congress [1].
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 165
ISSN: 1939-9162
In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 7, Heft 2
ISSN: 0304-4130