Transnational Parties and Advocacy in European Integration.

• Author: Johansson, Karl Magnus.
• TeilnehmendeR: Raunio, Tapio.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (199 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Europarties-Ubiquitous Yet Rarely Noticed -- Introduction -- Europarties: Organization and Influence -- Research Design: Transnational Partisan Networks and the Future of Europe -- Structure of the Volume -- References -- 2 Reconciling Theories of Agenda Setting, Advocacy Coalitions, and Transnational Political Partisanship -- Introduction -- Agenda-Setting in EU Politics -- Advocacy Coalition Framework -- Key Concepts and Assumptions -- Empirical Applications and Questions About Generalizability -- ACF in the EU Context -- Unpacking Transnational Partisan Advocacy Coalitions -- References -- 3 Europarties: Elucidating Their Organizational Evolution and Capacity -- Introduction -- The Rationale Behind Europarties -- Organizational Evolution and Regulatory Framework -- Organizational Structure -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Europarties and the Politics of Treaty Reform: Ascendance, Capacity, Locus -- Introduction -- Understanding EU Treaty Reform: Context and Complexity -- Coalition Formation: The Partisan Hypothesis and Its Competitors -- The Quantity and Quality of Europarty Presence in the European Council -- Relative Numerical Strength of Europarties in the European Council -- Cohesion and Mobilization of Europarties -- Venue Choice -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Conference on the Future of Europe and Political Families: Pushing for Reform -- Introduction -- Shaping the Agenda and Format of CoFE -- The Road to the Conference -- Partisan Advocacy: Alone and Together -- Comparing the Positions of the Europarties and the CoFE Conclusions -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Conclusions: Transnational Parties-Elusive, But Deserving More Attention -- Introduction -- Lessons Learned and Avenues for Future Research -- What Next for the Europarties?.

References -- Index.