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" Inside European Parliament politics : "
Laura Landorff.
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BL
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860274
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Landorff, Laura
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Inside European Parliament politics : : informality, information and intergroups /\ Laura Landorff.
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| Publication Statement
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2019]
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Palgrave studies in European political sociology
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1 online resource (xv, 258 pages)
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| ISBN
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3030042065
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: 9783030042066
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3030042057
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9783030042059
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Opening up institutional black boxes : the European Parliament from a sociological perspective -- Intergroups int he European Parliament : institutionalisation and regulation -- Who are the MEPs making up intergroups? A sociopoliticial analysis -- Finding allies : the intergroup as bridging social capital -- Seeking information : the intergroup as informational capital -- Conversion and mobilisation of political capital -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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The study of the informal dimension of EU politics is more important than ever in order to understand how the EU system works. This book presents an innovative and original study on informal cross-party, cross-committee groupings in the European Parliament, so-called Intergroups. Building on extensive fieldwork, including semi-structured interviews and observations, this study shows how parliamentarians of the seventh European Parliament (2009-2014) gain a variety of social resources, such as social, informational and political capital, in Intergroups, which they subsequently mobilise to foster opinion-formation across political groups and parliamentary committees, and to shape the EP's agenda and policy outcomes. Drawing on an interdisciplinary, Bourdieusian-inspired framework, this book makes a valuable contribution to sociological approaches in European integration studies. Shedding new light on the informal dimension of parliamentary practices and politics, this book appeals to EP as well as EU scholars, to students and practitioners of EU politics, and civil society.
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European Parliament.
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European Union.
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European Parliament.
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European Union.
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Legislative power-- European Union countries.
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Legislative power.
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European Union countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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328.4
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JN36.L36 2019
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