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.