… Three parameters determine the likely costs and benefits of an MEP s vote decision. First,
the level of conflict between the European party group and the national party on a particular …

… following a failure to agree in the conciliation committee (Hix 2002b). The first time the Council
… in the treaty into line with the de facto practice (Hix 2002b). In addition, the new version of …

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… Waves of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa challenge whether the EU’s …
However, unlike a federal ‘state’, the EU’s member state governments remain the sovereign …

Giandomenico Majone and Andrew Moravcsik have argued that the EU does not suffer a ‘democratic
deficit’. We disagree about one key element: whether a democratic polity requires …

… Una perspectiva organizativa y dinámica la de Hix y Lord que se ajusta al molde teórico
de la llamada “Democracia de partidos”, en cuanto que tipo ideal que describe un sistema de …

… By the time the first European elections were held in 1979, the political groups dominated
all aspects of the parliament’s work, from deciding who is elected to be the parliament’s …

… Taking a diagnosis and cure approach to the EU’s difficulties, Simon Hix tackles these
problems with distinct clarity and open-mindedness. What the EU needs, Hix contends, is more …

The theoretical study of the European Community is traditionally conducted by using international
relations approaches. However, as the Community has developed ‘an internal political …

The article reviews the current study of the European Union (EU), where a new agenda is
emerging under the umbrella of ‘new governance’. Despite its eclecticism, this agenda argues …