European Foreign Policy and the European Parliament in the 1990s

An Investigation into the Role and Voting Behaviour of the European Parliament's Political Groups
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-70317-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 228 mm x 158 mm, Gewicht: 624 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 2000, the book investigates the European Parliament’s stance vis-à-vis two major events of the 1990s: the Gulf and the Yugoslav crises. In unveiling the parliamentary multi-faceted view of these events, reference has been made to the positions taken by constituent political groups and their voting behaviour. In particular, the following questions have been addressed: has the European Parliament sought to define and shape a common foreign policy with respect to the above crises? What specific functions have the European Parliament’s political groups performed? Have they succeeded to achieving an internal cohesion? Has the European Parliament overcome divisions among its member through the formation of party coalitions? Despite the considerable flow of published material on external relations of the European Union and the European Parliament, virtually no study has explored in-depth the links between two areas. The purpose of this book is to fill the gap in the existing literature, breaking new ground by combining a qualitative and quantitative analysis of parliamentary behaviour in the field of foreign policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Viola, Donatella M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. 1. European Foreign Policy and the European Parliament. 2. The Responses of the European Community and the European Parliament to the Gulf Crisis. 3. The Role of the Political Groups in Forging the European Parliament's Stance on the Gulf Crisis. 4. The Responses of the European Community and the European Parliament to the Yugoslav Crisis. 5. The Role of the Political Groups in Forging the European Parliament's Stance on the Yugoslav Crisis.

Über Autor(innen)

Donatella M. Viola, PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, lectures International Politics and European Union at the University of Calabria, Italy. Formerly Robert Schuman Scholar at the European Parliament in Luxembourg and Marie Curie Fellow at the London School of Economics, she has worked in several British and American academic institutions in the UK: Universities of Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Plymouth, Regent’s College and Richmond American International University in London. Donatella M. Viola has been Visiting Scholar at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium as well as Visiting Professor at the Academy of European Public Law in Greece, TEI-Serres, Greece, University of Malta, ‘Friedrich-Alexander’ Universität of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and University College London, Great Britain. Editor and main contributor of the Routledge Handbook of European Elections, Routledge, 2016, 2018. Her research interests focus on European integration and International Relations theories; European Parliament and political groups; national parliaments; European foreign policy as well European Union migration and environmental policies.