The European Parliament enjoys an array of powers in development cooperation, ranging
from legislative and budgetary powers to scrutiny and democratic oversight. However, its …

This paper develops an analytical framework to assess the quality of deliberation in the ACP-
EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA). Despite rhetoric on 'equal partnership'between …

As globalization penetrates the realm of democracy, the internationalization of the institution
of parliament, as the epitome of popular representation in liberal democracies-continues to …

This chapter assesses the European Parliament (EP) as an international actor in EU trade
policy in the post-Lisbon period. It looks at both the institutional involvement of the EP in …

This chapter provides a background overview of the development-based partnership
agreements that the EU has negotiated with its former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and …

Ideology is of little relevance in international governance where the main actors are
nationstates and their actions are instructed by what is perceived to be the national interest …

The aim of the research, the results of which are presented in the article, was to determine
the importance of development policy for the European Parliament. The analysis is focused …

This chapter examines the quality of deliberation in the European Union's oldest and most
unique inter-regional parliamentary assembly, namely the Joint Parliamentary Assembly …

This chapter analyses the relations between the European Union and the United States, as
two key global strategic partners, from the perspective of parliamentary relations. Having …

Esta tese de doutoramento apresenta as discussões acerca dos processos de integração
regional ocorridos na Europa e na América Latina, salientado a influência do primeiro sobre …