Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Building Europe's Parliament; Part I: Theory; 1. The Empowerment of the European Parliament: Lessons from the New Institutionalism and Democratic Theory; 2. Parliamentary Institutions in International Polities: What Are the Conditions?; Part II: The European Parliament's power trias; 3. The Origins of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community; 4. Budgetary Powers and the Treaty of Luxembourg; 5. Legislative Powers and the Single European Act
Summary
Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers? Rittberger develops a theory of delegation to representative institutions, and demonstrates just how and why the European Parliament has become so powerful
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-226) and index
