The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy | Turning Talk into Power

Mechthild Roos

ISBN 10: 3030782352 / ISBN 13: 9783030782351

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2022

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The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy | Turning Talk into Power | Mechthild Roos | Taschenbuch | xix | Englisch | 2022 | Springer International Publishing | EAN 9783030782351 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy | Turning Talk into Power
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030782352
• ISBN 13: 9783030782351
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 19D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 441 grams
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Synopsis

The European Parliament (EP) – a powerful actor in today's European Union – was not intended to be more than a consultative assembly at first. Yet this book shows that the EP was much more influential in shaping Community policy in the early years of the integration process than either the founding Treaties or most existing scholarship would allow. It studies the EP’s institutional evolution through the lens of Community social policy, a policy area with a particularly strong ideational dimension. By promoting a European social dimension, Members of the EP (MEPs) presented the Parliament as the true representative of European citizens by channelling their interests and needs. MEPs thus emphasised the EP’s role as a provider of democratic legitimacy for Community politics, whilst at the same time trying to convince European citizens that the Communities could have a real and positive impact on their everyday lives.

About the Author

Mechthild Roos is Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Augsburg University, Germany.