1st Edition
The Role of Political Parties in the European Union
1. Party Politics as Usual? The Role of Political Parties in EU Legislative Decision-Making Bjorn Lindberg, Anne Rasmussen and Andreas Warntjen 2. Who Leads, Who Follows? Re-Examining the Party–Electorate Linkages on European Integration Johan Hellstrom 3. Decision-Making Dynamics in the European Commission: Partisan, National or Sectoral? Arndt Wonka 4. Party Soldiers in a Non-Partisan Community? Party Linkage in the European Parliament Anne Rasmussen 5. Are Political Parties Controlling Legislative Decision-Making in the European Parliament? The Case of the Services Directive Bjorn Lindberg 6. Parties in the Council? Sara Hagemann and Bjorn Hoyland 7. Party politics in the European Council Jonas Tallberg and Karl Magnus Johansson 8. The Party Political Make-Up of EU Legislative Bodies Andreas Warntjen, Simon Hix and Christophe Crombez 9. Towards a Partisan Theory of EU Politics Simon Hix
Biography
Björn Lindberg is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Government at Uppsala University in Sweden. He has published on legislative decision-making and party politics in the EU.
Anne Rasmussen is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public administration at Leiden University (NL). She has published on EU decision-making, the role of the EU institutions and institutional change in the EU.
Andreas Warntjen is Assistant Professor of European and International Politics at the Department of Political Science and Research Methods at the University of Twente (NL). He has published on EU legislative politics and the legislative effect of the Council Presidency.
