Parliaments and Parliamentary Actors Beyond the State

Aug 11, 2024

Can parliaments contribute to democratic and legitimate governance in the European Union and international organizations? When and why can we expect political actors to realize the democratic potential that parliaments might have? If they do, what are the political and policy consequences?

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Thomas Winzen
Thomas Winzen
Political Scientist

Political scientist interested in political institutions and democratic governance in Europe and beyond

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Does differentiated integration weaken parliamentary involvement? Evidence from the European Union’s interparliamentary conferences
Does differentiated integration undermine the motivation of parliamentarians from less integrated member states to become involved in …
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The Institutional Position of National Parliaments in the European Union: Developments, Explanations, Effects
This article reviews the literature on the institutional position of national parliaments in the EU. It focuses on new institutional …
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The European Semester and Parliamentary Oversight Institutions Inside and Outside of the Euro Area
The European Semester is a challenge for national parliaments but also an opportunity to reform domestic oversight institutions. …
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The Rise of International Parliaments: Strategic Legitimation in International Organizations
International parliaments are on the rise. An increasing number of international organizations establishes ‘international …
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen, Tobias Lenz, Jofre Rocabert, Lori Crasnic, Cristina Gherasimov, Jana Lipps, Densua Mumford
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The Rise of International Parliaments: Strategic Legitimation in International Organizations
Citizen-centered or state-centered: The representational design of international parliamentary institutions
As a result of the spread of International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs), international organisations face crucial questions of …
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The rise of international parliamentary institutions: Purpose and legitimation
International parliamentary institutions (IPIs) have become an established feature of international politics. While scholars of …
Jofre Rocabert, Frank Schimmelfennig, Loriana Crasnic, Thomas Winzen
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Is parliamentary attention to the EU strongest when it is needed the most? National parliaments and the selective debate of EU policies
When do parliaments debate European Union policies? Normative arguments suggest that debates enhance government accountability. Others …
Thomas Winzen, Rik de Ruiter, Jofre Rocabert
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Constitutional preferences and parliamentary reform: Explaining national parliaments’ adaptation to European integration
This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration. Advancing an explanation based …
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Constitutional preferences and parliamentary reform: Explaining national parliaments’ adaptation to European integration
The contingent diffusion of parliamentary oversight institutions in the European Union
What explains the variation in institutional adaptation of national parliaments to European integration? Whereas the existing …
Nils-Christian Bormann, Thomas Winzen
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Party groups and committee negotiations in the European Parliament: outside attention and the anticipation of plenary conflict
We study the relationship of the European Parliament's (EP) standing committees and party groups. According to recent studies, …
Léa Roger, Thomas Winzen
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Parlamentarismus nach der Krise: Die Vertiefung parlamentarischer Asymmetrie in der reformierten Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion
As a consequence of the euro crisis, economic and fiscal policy-making competencies have been transferred to the EU-level. At the same …
Berthold Rittberger, Thomas Winzen
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Parliamentary Co-Evolution: National Parliamentary Reactions to the Empowerment of the European Parliament
Existing research on the European Union's (EU) multilevel parliamentary system builds on the hypothesis of parallel evolution, …
Thomas Winzen, Christilla Roederer-Rynning, Frank Schimmelfennig
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The European Union's Multilevel Parliamentary System
Berthold Rittberger, Thomas Winzen
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Bureaucracy and Democracy: Intra-Parliamentary Delegation in European Union Affairs
Recent literature notes that national parliaments’ growing relevance in European Union (EU) affairs might have led to the empowerment …
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European integration and national parliamentary oversight institutions
This article analyses to what extent and why national parliaments have created oversight institutions to adapt to European integration. …
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National parliamentary control of European Union affairs: a cross-national and longitudinal comparison
Recent research on national parliamentary control of European Union affairs relies primarily on cross-sectional, contemporary data, …
Thomas Winzen
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Legislative negotiations in the European Parliament
In order to capitalize on its increasing legislative powers, the European Parliament (EP) has had to specialize internally. The …
Thomas Jensen, Thomas Winzen
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Technical or Political? An Exploration of the Work of Officials in the Committees of the European Parliament
In conjunction with the gradual empowerment of the European Parliament, interest in its internal politics and in particular its …
Thomas Winzen
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Political Integration and National Parliaments in Europe
Does political integration challenge democracy by undermining the impact of national parliaments and parliamentary elections on policy …
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