Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Representation Chapter 3 Parties and Voters: The Feasibility of a European System of Political Representation Chapter 4 Can the Circle Be Squared? Political Representation and Political Integration in Europe Chapter 5 Transnational Trends: The Evolution of the European Party System Part 6 Members and Parties Chapter 7 Beneficial Cooperation or Mutual Ignorance? Contacts between MEPs and National Parties Chapter 8 Going Native? Institutional and Partisan Loyalty in the European Parliament Part 9 The Parliament as Legislator Chapter 10 When Words Matter: Informal Rules and the Enlargement Debate Chapter 11 Playing Different Games: The European Parliament and the Reform of Codecision Chapter 12 The European Parliament and Environmental Legislation
Bernard Steunenberg is professor of public administration at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Jacques Thomassen is professor of political science at the University of Twente, the Netherlands.
This volume represents a broad and comprehensive empirical and
analytical overview of recent trends in relation to the evolution
of the European Parliament. It is well-research and well-written,
presenting a methodical and convincing argument. The extensive use
of models, surveys, and empirical data strengthens the weight of
the argument and succeeds in challenging many commonly and widely
held beliefs about the EP.
*Journal of Contemporary European Studies*
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