Parliaments risk becoming the main losers of internationalisation; a process that privileges
executives and experts. Still, parliamentarians have developed a range of responses to …

How and under what conditions does the European Union (EU) shape processes of
institution building in other regional organizations? This book develops and tests a theory of …

This volume offers an original and theoretically grounded conceptualization and
measurement of international parliamentary institutions and their role in ensuring the …

Besides the increasing scope of transnational activities of civil society actors, international
relations of national legislatures have long been expanding, yet without attracting …

This article examines the role of the European Parliament in ensuring democratic
participation in European Union external relations and global governance. Although the …

Sovereignty is a foundational idea upon which regional organisation of nations is built, yet
its demise has often been predicted. Regionalism, which commits states to common …

The doctrinal relationship between Nkrumahism and the African Union Agenda 2063
informs the basis of this article. If continental supranationalism remains the end product of …

ABSTRACT A growing literature on diffusion shows that ideas, policies and institutions
originating in the European Union shape decision-making in other regional organisations …

International parliamentary institutions (IPIs) offer a particular promise for developing the
study of international organizations (IOs) as organizations, because they strikingly manifest …

As a result of the spread of International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs), international
organisations face crucial questions of representational design. We introduce a distinction …