Author : Andrea Margarete Gates
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739112939
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (129 download)
Book Synopsis Promoting Unity, Preserving Diversity? by : Andrea Margarete Gates
Download or read book Promoting Unity, Preserving Diversity? written by Andrea Margarete Gates and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the European Union continues to evolve and as European integration proceeds, it has become increasingly difficult to meet two goals fundamental to the EU: promoting European unity while preserving member state diversity. To highlight this tension, Promoting Unity, Preserving Diversity? examines the ways in which six of the member state parliaments are connected, via particular legislative bodies called European Affairs Committees (EACs) to the EU legislative process. EACs vary greatly from one member state to another with regard to the level of input legislators have in setting national positions on proposed EU legislation. Gates skillfully suggests that variation in EAC competencies is significant, not only because EACs demonstrate the intractability of each member state's particular attributes, but also because they represent a little explored facet of the EU's democratic failings.