1st Edition

Transnational Party Co-operation and European Integration The Process Towards Direct Elections

By Geoffrey Pridham, Pippa Pridham Copyright 1981
    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    320 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this book, first published in 1981, the authors trace and analyse the growth of transnational party co-operation and the factors important to it during the years before and immediately following direct elections. They recognise three major dimensions of transnational co-operation: the Euro-parliamentary groups; the new European party federations; and the national party frameworks in the member states. This title will be of interest to academics and students concerned with European affairs.

    List of Tables;  List of Abbreviations;  Preface;  1. Political Parties and European Integration: The Historical Perspective  2. Transnational Party Co-operation in the European Parliament: The Euro-Parliamentary Groups and the Growth of Politicisation  3. The New Transnational Party Organisational Dimension and the Process towards Direct Elections  4. The National Party Frameworks and Transnational Party Co-operation  5. The Direct Elections Campaign and Transnational Party Co-operation  6. The Results of Direct Elections: A Transnational Party Perspective;  Conclusion: Towards a European Community Party System?;  List of Interviews;  Bibliography;  Index

    Biography

    Pridham, Geoffrey ; Pridham, Pippa