ABSTRACT Thinking of the European Union's (EU's) Council system in terms of institutional
environments can help generalize the scope conditions under which co-operative styles of …

In an EU increasingly worried about the security of its citizens and its territory, how should
the European Parliament make policy decisions in these areas? This study investigates how …

This study presents reliable cross‐sectoral data on the relative involvement of working
parties, senior committees and ministers in legislative decision‐making of the Council of the …

How does media coverage of European Union (EU) politics affect the process of European
integration? This contribution investigates the nature and logic of media coverage of EU …

Committees of national officials play a major role in the decision-making of the European
Union's main legislative body, the Council of Ministers. The study investigates the conditions …

Officials within parliaments have received marginal scholarly attention. This also holds for
the European Parliament (EP) which contains a considerable administration. This study …

This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates
the democratic credentials of the EU's main decision-making procedure. It finds that though …

In conjunction with the gradual empowerment of the European Parliament, interest in its
internal politics and in particular its committee system has increased considerably. While …

This paper examines member state bargaining success in legislative negotiations in the
European Union. Bargaining success is thought to be determined by factors attributable to …

Abstract Ecological and Economic Zoning (EEZ) is a Land Use Planning (LUP) methodology
that aims at defining separate areas for productive uses and conservation. EEZ is designed …