dc.contributor.author | Bolleyer, Nicole | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-05T08:50:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the claim that the fusion between executive and parliamentary majority (that marks parliamentary regimes and thus most EU member states) makes the development of a proactive collective role of national parliaments as a political force in the European multilevel system unlikely – irrespective of growing attempts to formally empower national parliaments. Conditions for inter-parliamentary activism – defined as joint parliamentary activities that aim at enhancing parliaments’ political influence or interests in a multilevel polity – are critically examined by a comparative study of the nature of inter-parliamentary activities in three federal systems whose constituent units are characterized by most different executive-legislative relations. In line with theoretical expectations, inter-parliamentary activism is strongest in the US (separation of powers) and non-existent in Canada (parliamentarism), with Switzerland located in between (separation of powers bridged by party ties). With the EU being most similar to Canada when it comes to executive- legislative relations, the findings support those skeptical towards national parliaments’ potential to jointly become a politically active player in the EU. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–13)/ERC grant agreement 335890 STATORG. | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 24 (4), pp. 520-543 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13501763.2016.1272623 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20963 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 8 September 2018 in compliance with publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | |
dc.title | Executive-legislative relations and inter-parliamentary relations in federal systems: lessons for the European Union | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1466-4429 | |
pubs.declined | 2016-04-05T09:01:32.411+0100 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor and Francis via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1466-4429 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of European Public Policy | en_GB |