Detailed Information on Publication Record
2018
Involvement of national parliaments in the political system of the European Union: a way for democratic empowerment?
KANIOK, PetrBasic information
Original name
Involvement of national parliaments in the political system of the European Union: a way for democratic empowerment?
Authors
KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Cheltenham/Northampton, Democratic Empowerment in the European Union, p. 15-39, 25 pp. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on EU Citizenship, 2018
Publisher
Edward Elgar
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Field of Study
50601 Political science
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
References:
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/18:00104721
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN
978-1-78811-355-7
Keywords in English
EU; democratic deficit; EWS; national parliaments; parliamentary control
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 21/2/2019 11:05, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová
Abstract
V originále
The objective of this chapter is to carry out such an analysis. As the national parliaments are conceptualized as collective actors, the analysis is grounded in neo-institutional theories and their key assumptions are tested. Before that, the chapter reviews the role of parliaments within the democratic deficit debate and explains the mechanism that is used in order to involve national parliaments as actors of the EU political system. This section also comments on existing research dealing with the role of parliaments within the EU political system, paying particular attention to the work analysing national parliaments as a tool contributing to the better quality of EU democracy. In the following section, the hypotheses are presented in the context of neo-institutional theories. After that, the chapter analyses the collective actorness of EU national parliaments in the period of 2010–14 using their participation in the so-called Early Warning System (EWS) in order to find out whether parliaments succeeded in establishing an effective collective institution, which factors are shaping it and what their influence means for national parliaments’ contribution to EU democracy and legitimacy. As its main finding, the analysis reveals that national The chapter carries out an analysis of national parliaments as collective actor involved in EU decision making process. The analysis is grounded in neo-institutional theories and their key assumptions are tested. Before that, the chapter reviews the role of parliaments within the democratic deficit debate and explains the mechanism that is used in order to involve national parliaments as actors of the EU political system. This section also comments on existing research dealing with the role of parliaments within the EU political system, paying particular attention to the work analysing national parliaments as a tool contributing to the better quality of EU democracy. In the following section, the hypotheses are presented in the context of neo-institutional theories. After that, the chapter analyses the collective actorness of EU national parliaments in the period of 2010–14 using their participation in the so-called Early Warning System (EWS) in order to find out whether parliaments succeeded in establishing an effective collective institution, which factors are shaping it and what their influence means for national parliaments’ contribution to EU democracy and legitimacy. As its main finding, the analysis reveals that national parliaments failed in the period 2010–14 to establish an effective collective institution.