دانلود کتاب The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy: Turning Talk into Power

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Acknowledgements
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: The Parliamentarisation of a Consultative Assembly
1.1 Research Question
1.2 The EP Pre-1979: An Understudied Actor with Noteworthy Influence
1.3 Studying the EP’s Institutional Evolution Through the Lens of Community Social Policy
1.4 Collection, Processing and Interpretation of the Source Material
1.5 Structure of the Analysis
1.6 Refuting the Image of a Powerless “Talking Shop”
A1 Annex: List of Interviews
References
2 Conceptualising the European Parliament’s Gain in Power, 1952–1979
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Historical-Sociological Institutionalist Approach (HSI)
2.2.1 What is an Institution?
2.2.2 Explaining the EP’s Institutional Development With Historical Institutionalism (HI)
2.2.2.1 Path Dependence
2.2.2.2 Unintended Consequences
2.2.2.3 Critical Junctures
2.2.2.4 Modes of Gradual Institutional Change
2.2.3 Explaining MEPs’ Behaviour with Sociological Institutionalism (SI)
2.2.3.1 Polity and Policy Ideas
2.2.3.2 The Development and Influence of Norms and Logics of Appropriateness
2.2.3.3 Norm Entrepreneurs
2.2.3.4 The Impact of MEPs’ Socialisation on Their Behaviour
2.2.4 Combining HI and SI in One Hybrid Theoretical Approach
2.3 Conclusion
References
3 The Institutional Evolution of the European Parliament Prior to 1979
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Brief Chronology of the EP’s Institutional Evolution Prior to 1979
3.3 Parliamentary Powers, and How They Were Obtained
3.3.1 Power of Control
3.3.2 Legislative Power
3.3.3 Budgetary Power
3.3.4 Power of Initiative
3.4 The Impact of MEPs’ Shared Ideas and Socialisation
3.4.1 Preparing the Ideational Ground: What Induced MEPs to Become Engaged in the EP Prior to 1979?
3.4.2 “We Turned It into a Parliament”: The Impact of Norm Entrepreneurs
3.4.3 Parliamentary Powers Through a Parliamentary Institutional Structure: Party Groups and Committees
3.5 Conclusion
References
4 Creating a Borderless Europe: The European Parliament’s Activism in the Pursuit of a Free Movement of Persons
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The European Communities’ Social Policy Concerning the Free Movement of Workers and Their Families
4.3 The European Parliament’s Social Policy Concerning Free Movement Prior to 1979
4.4 The Ideological Basis of MEPs’ Behaviour in the Area of Free Movement Policy
4.4.1 Towards Equality of all Community Citizens: Dominating Policy Ideas in the EP’s Free Movement Policy
4.4.2 Displayed Unity Despite Controversial Debates: The Impact of Shared Polity Ideas on the EP’s Free Movement Policy
4.5 The Impact of the EP’s Free Movement Policy on Its Institutional Development
4.5.1 From Activism to Alignment: Gradual Change in the EP’s Free Movement-Related Policy making
4.5.2 The Institutionalisation of the Consultation Procedure Through Rhetorical Entrapment
4.5.3 Inter-Institutional Contacts as a Means of Empowerment
4.6 Conclusion
4.7 Annex
References
5 Emancipating Europe: The European Parliament’s Involvement in Community Equality Policy
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The European Community’s Equality Policy
5.3 The European Parliament’s Equality Policy Prior to 1979
5.4 Institutional Factors Shaping the EP’s Equality Policy making Over Time
5.4.1 The Policy-making Framework Shaping the EP’s Activism on Equality Policy
5.4.2 The Impact of Contemporary Events and Developments on the EP’s Equality Policy
5.4.2.1 The Empty Chair Crisis
5.4.2.2 The 1970s as Formative Period for Community Equality Policy
5.5 The Ideational Basis of MEPs’ Activism for More Equality
5.5.1 The Shared Policy Idea of Comprehensive (Work-Related) Equality
5.5.2 The Influence of Polity Ideas on the EP’s Equality Policy
5.5.3 Norm Entrepreneurs Shaping the EP’s Equality Policy
5.6 Conclusion
References
6 Forging Europe’s Next Generations: The European Parliament’s Children and Youth Policy
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Community Social Policy Concerning Children and Youth
6.3 The European Parliament’s Policy Concerning Children and Youth
6.4 Teaching the Next Generation the Values of Integration: The Ideational Basis of the EP’s Children and Youth Policy
6.5 Formal and Informal Rules Determining EP Activism Concerning Children and Youth
6.5.1 Attempts to Formally Legitimise Activism: MEPs’ Reference to the Treaty
6.5.2 MEPs’ Changing Usage of Policy-making Tools in Children and Youth Policy
6.6 Conclusion
References
7 Controlling the Purse: How the European Parliament Shaped Social Policy Through the European Social Fund
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Establishment of the ESF
7.3 The EP’s Gain in Power Through the ESF
7.3.1 Gradual Institutional Change in the EP’s Involvement in the ESF
7.3.2 The EP’s Informal Empowerment Through the ESF
7.4 Policy and Polity Ideas Driving MEPs’ ESF-Related Activism
7.4.1 Policy Ideas: The ESF as a Means to Establish a Community Social Dimension
7.4.2 Polity Ideas: The ESF as a Means of Empowerment
7.5 Conclusion
References
8 Conclusion: The Making of a Parliament
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Main Findings
8.2.1 The Impact of Ideas, Norms and Socialisation on MEPs’ Behaviour
8.2.2 Processes of Institutional Change Resulting in the EP’s Gradual Gain in Power
8.2.3 Why Did the Commission and the Council Accept the EP’s Empowerment?
8.2.4 Bringing the Community Project Closer to the People: The EP’s Impact on the Evolution of European Social Policy
8.3 Added Value of the Hybrid HSI Approach
8.4 Outlook
References
Index