1st Edition

The First European Elections Neofunctionalism And The European Parliament

By Jane P. Sweeney Copyright 1984
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

"The voice of the spirit of Europe" is the European Commission's description of the Community's 434 member Parliament. Four years after the European Parliament's historic first direct election by the citizens of nine countries, that voice is barely audible and one must pause to wonder whether the spirit is equally weak. The European Parliament is potentially one of the most interesting legislative... Read more
Preface -- Acknowledqments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 NEC-FUNCTIONALISM AND THE COMMUNITY METHOD OF INTEGRATION -- 2 EUROPEAN SOCIALIST PARTIES AND THE COMMUNITY: A HISTORICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW -- 3 THE EUROPEAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: STRUCTURES AND ISSUES -- 4 THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS OF THREE SOCIALIST PARTIES -- 5 NEO-FUNCTIONALISM: THE MISSING ELEMENT -- Bibliography -- Index.

Biography

Sweeney, Jane P.