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The thesis seeks to answer the following question: is inter-parliamentary cooperation in the EU (hereinafter the IPC) able to contribute to reinforcing the EU's democratic legitimacy? Resulting to a large extent from the gap between the European Parliament and the national parliaments as a result of the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the necessity of the IPC has progressively increased since 1979. In the context where the blind angle of the parliamentary control on the EU expands resulting from the development of the European politics taken by the intergovernmental method, it appears from this study that the IPC can be a device which could lead to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the EU's acts thanks to the complementarity between the European Parliament and the national parliaments. In assessing the IPC through a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, this thesis not only leads us to understand the limits and the potential benefits of the IPC but also identifies possible solutions to consolidate it. Going beyond this analysis, this thesis affirms that through the benchmarking of the IPC, other inter-parliamentary co-operations at a global level, which remain parliamentary diplomacy, can together contribute to the creation of a world parliament, a bold project on which many questions weigh. ; La thèse cherche à répondre à la question de savoir si la coopération interparlementaire au sein de l'UE (ci-après, la CIP), est en mesure de contribuer au renforcement de la légitimité démocratique de l'UE. Résultant dans une large mesure de la fracture entre le Parlement européen et les parlements nationaux consécutive à l'élection au suffrage universel direct des députés européens, la nécessité de la CIP s'est progressivement renforcée depuis 1979. Dans le contexte où s'élargit l'angle mort du contrôle parlementaire de l'UE sous l'effet du développement de politiques européennes à caractère intergouvernemental, il ressort des présents ...

The thesis seeks to answer the following question: is inter-parliamentary cooperation in the EU (hereinafter the IPC) able to contribute to reinforcing the EU's democratic legitimacy? Resulting to a large extent from the gap between the European Parliament and the national parliaments as a result of the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the necessity of the IPC has progressively increased since 1979. In the context where the blind angle of the parliamentary control on the EU expands resulting from the development of the European politics taken by the intergovernmental method, it appears from this study that the IPC can be a device which could lead to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the EU's acts thanks to the complementarity between the European Parliament and the national parliaments. In assessing the IPC through a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis, this thesis not only leads us to understand the limits and the potential benefits of the IPC but also identifies possible solutions to consolidate it. Going beyond this analysis, this thesis affirms that through the benchmarking of the IPC, other inter-parliamentary co-operations at a global level, which remain parliamentary diplomacy, can together contribute to the creation of a world parliament, a bold project on which many questions weigh. ; La thèse cherche à répondre à la question de savoir si la coopération interparlementaire au sein de l'UE (ci-après, la CIP), est en mesure de contribuer au renforcement de la légitimité démocratique de l'UE. Résultant dans une large mesure de la fracture entre le Parlement européen et les parlements nationaux consécutive à l'élection au suffrage universel direct des députés européens, la nécessité de la CIP s'est progressivement renforcée depuis 1979. Dans le contexte où s'élargit l'angle mort du contrôle parlementaire de l'UE sous l'effet du développement de politiques européennes à caractère intergouvernemental, il ressort des présents ...

With the advent of Internet technology and rapidly changing consumer environments, the societal role played by today's adolescents is significantly increasing. They are becoming more influential, not merely as consumers of products and services but also as coproducers in the marketplace. In this paper, we contend that consumption is central to the adolescent experience, influencing their values, motivation, and attitudes, and ultimately shaping their path toward adulthood. We also provide a review of the research on consumer socialization and motivation followed by an analysis of Bronfenbrenner's ecological model as a conceptual framework to aid in understanding a consumer's way of thinking as it pertains to adolescent development.

In this study, we examined (1) the effect of changes in outstanding student debt on trajectories of subjective financial well-being (SFWB) over time and (2) how these trajectories vary according to family socioeconomic and emerging adult financial factors. We used three waves of longitudinal data from the Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students (APLUS) study and used growth curve models to analyze the data. Net of family socioeconomic and emerging adult financial factors, student debt was significantly and negatively associated with SFWB across the emerging adult period. Trajectories of SFWB varied slightly in relation to changes in student debt. Between-person differences in debt mattered more for trajectories of SFWB relative to within-person changes in debt over time. Family socioeconomic factors had a strong influence on SFWB trajectories. Findings illustrate how student debt may suppress postsecondary education's impact as an inequality reducing mechanism. They also suggest the need for both individual- and policy-level intervention.

The goal of this study was to consider the role of parents in the development of their children's financial independence by the time the children are old enough to enter college. Using data from 2,098 first‐year university students, we examined two pathways to emerging adults' financial, psychological, and personal well‐being, combining research on the positive effects of family financial environment and future‐oriented coping behaviors. Two findings are of particular note. The quality of parent‐child communication regarding financial topics proved to be the most potent predictor of children's financial, psychological, and personal well‐being. Further, parents' expectations had a significant indirect influence (via financial coping behaviors) on their children's well‐being. Implications for promoting financial self‐sufficiency among young adults are discussed.

We applied goal-framing theory to determine whether there were discernible patterns in emerging adults' financial behavior from college to career and whether those patterns were associated with progress toward self-sufficiency. Using longitudinal data collected over 5 years from a college cohort of emerging adults ( N = 968) in the United States, we estimated latent growth curve models and identified three financial-behavior patterns suggestive of the overarching motivations in the theory: planful (gain), present focused (hedonic), and socially compliant (normative). Using multinomial logistic regression analysis, we found that higher perceived financial control, more positive financial attitudes, higher perceived parental expectations, and more exposure to financial education were predictive of a gain pattern. Analyses of variance showed that the gain financial-behavior pattern was associated with the most progress toward self-sufficiency (adult stability, career status, and well-being). We discuss the findings as they pertain to the connection between emerging adults' financial behavior and progress toward self-sufficiency.

Using expectancy-value theory as a framework, we examined the independent effects of both early parental and personal financial expectations and values on emerging adults' later financial behaviors and financial well-being during the college-to-career transition. Data were collected at three time points over 8 years from a cohort of college-educated emerging adults ( N = 754 participants from a larger longitudinal study). The main finding showed that emerging adults' personal expectations and values, but not parental values or expectations, predicted the financial behaviors they practiced in college; early parental expectations predicted financial well-being after leaving college. The financial behaviors practiced in college were associated with subsequent financial well-being. Finally, college financial behavior mediated the effect of early personal values on subsequent financial well-being, but not personal financial expectations. We discuss the findings in regard to facilitating emerging adults college-to-career transition.

To explore how emerging adults grapple with the increasing demands of fiscal responsibility, the present study tests a model of identity formation in the domain of finance. We draw on Erikson's theory of identity formation as operationalized by Marcia's identity status model, which details four identity statuses: achieved, foreclosed, moratorium, and diffused. A sample of college students ( N = 1,511) were surveyed at two time points: in their first (ages 18–21, T1) and fourth (ages 21–24, T2) years of college. Primarily, we find evidence for financial identity stability, although we found some evidence for financial identity regression from moratorium to foreclosed status. After controlling for T1 financial identity, T1 variables were most predictive of changes in T2 foreclosure: Increases in foreclosure were predicted by measures of perceived parental socioeconomic status, parental communication, financial education, and subjective norms at T1.

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine young consumers' financial behavior (e.g. saving) and pro-environmental behavior (i.e. reduced consumption and green buying) as effective proactive strategies undertaken in the present to satisfy materialistic values and maximize well-being.


Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on an online survey among a panel of young American adults (N = 968).


Findings
The study finds a positive effect of materialism on personal well-being and negative effects on financial satisfaction, proactive financial coping and reduced consumption, but no effect on green buying, a separate and distinct pro-environmental strategy. Both proactive financial coping and reduced consumption are positively associated with subjective well-being.


Research limitations/implications
Future research should re-examine conceptualizations of materialism in the context of climate change and the meaning of possessions in the global digital economy; studies could also focus on the specific well-being effects of reduced consumption and alternative pathways to align materialistic and environmental values.


Practical implications
Consumer education should look to models of financial education to demonstrate how limited natural resources can be managed at the micro level to enhance consumers' subjective well-being, as well as reduce resource strain at the macro level.


Originality/value
Key contributions are the examination of materialism and consumption in the dual contexts of financial and environmental resource constraints and the effects of these key macro-social phenomena on consumers' perceived well-being. Another study highlight is the differentiation of two strategies for proactive environmental coping, of which only one, reduced consumption, increased personal well-being and decreased psychological distress.

Extending a theoretical framework combining consumer socialization and planned behavior theories, the authors examined the influences that parents and romantic partners exert on college students' financial attitude and behavior using two waves of data collected from a sample of students in their first year (Wave 1) and fourth year (Wave 2) of college who were in a committed relationship at Wave 2 (N = 693 individuals). Using structural equation modeling, a positive relationship was found between the concurrent financial behavior of the parents and romantic partners and students' financial behavior (direct effects). After accounting for the parents' financial behavior at Wave 1, concurrent financial behavior of romantic partners (but not parents) positively predicted students' financial attitude, which in turn positively predicted students' financial behavior (indirect effects). These findings increase our understanding of the type and the timing of financial socialization factors that influence the financial behavior of college students.