Abstract
The study of cohesion in the European Parliament (EP) has been led by an obvious question: how can stable and coherent collective decision-making occur in a chamber encompassing representatives from such a wide variety of national and partisan backgrounds? Despite the numerous apparent obstacles to such agreement, previous research has demonstrated a surprisingly high degree of cohesion among the multi-national party groups that exist in the chamber. However, in concentrating on establishing the existence of significant party cohesion, research has generally neglected analysis of the converse situation: understanding the occurrence of dissent from the party line. In the latter part of the paper I consider how dissent might best be examined and develop the implications of such research for our understanding of the politics of the EP.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 1-20 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2000 |
Event | Political Studies Association-UK 50th Annual International Conference, PSA 2000 - LSE, London, United Kingdom Duration: 10 Apr 2000 → 13 Apr 2000 |
Conference
Conference | Political Studies Association-UK 50th Annual International Conference, PSA 2000 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Period | 10/04/00 → 13/04/00 |