Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations

An Essential Companion

Kolja Raube, Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Jan Wouters (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

544 Seiten

2019
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78643-884-3 (ISBN)

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'In a period marked by nationalism and populism, the relevance of the roles played by parliaments is sometimes underestimated and rather deserves greater attention. The book edited by Raube, Wouters and Muftuler-Bac gathers a group of leading scholars in the field of parliamentary studies and contributes to bridge a gap in a very sensitive policy field, that is to say the external relations of the European Union. A wide list of approaches and theoretical and empirical investigations demonstrates that, despite the dominant influence of the executive branches of government, not only networking of parliaments has enlarged, but also traditional and innovative roles, i.e. control and conflict mediation, have been amplifled and diversified. Therefore, parliaments are far from being put aside.'
- Daniela Irrera, EuropeNow

This insightful companion examines the role of parliaments in the external relations of the EU, a relatively under-explored topic of research in an increasingly complex international relations environment. In fact, this volume challenges the dominant perspective, demonstrating the increased networking of parliaments both within the EU and with external actors, shedding light on the growing role of parliamentary scrutiny, control and conflict mediation.

Providing a comparative overview of parliamentary action in EU external relations, this book considers both the conceptual basis of these actions and examines key case studies for empirical analysis. It situates the EU's internal and external dimension of parliamentary cooperation in a wider context, engaging in a debate that goes beyond the EU into relationships with neighbouring regions as well as parliamentary institutions from other areas of the globe.

Advanced students and researchers of EU external relations and global governance will greatly benefit from reading this timely book. At the same time, international relations and political science scholars will also appreciate this thorough and comprehensive volume.

Contributors include: M.A. Afke Groen, M.A.H.K. Belley, K. Biedenkopf, T. Christiansen, A. Cianciara, I. Cooper, R. Cutler, M.A.F. De Vrieze, S. Delputte, I. Demirsu, M.A.D. Fonck, J.E. Fossum, D. Fromage, M. Gianniou, M. Góra, M.A.C. Glahn, S. Gürkan, D. Jan i , T. Lenz, C. Lord, M. Müftüler-Baç, G.G. Müller, X. Nuttin, L. Oehman, D. Peters, M.A.I. Petrova, K. Raube, L. Redei, G. Rosén, Z. Selden, M.A. Shaohua Yan, S. Stavridis, A. von Lingen, W. Wagner, J. Wódka, J. Wouters

Edited by Kolja Raube, Associate Professor for European Governance and EU External Action, Faculty of Social Sciences, Director of the Centre for European Studies and Senior Member, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium, Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance and Director, Institute for International Law and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium

Contents:

Introduction: A world of parliamentary relations? Parliamentary cooperation and diplomacy in EU external relations
Kolja Raube, Jan Wouters and Meltem Müftüler-Baç

PART I PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION AND DIPLOMACY IN EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS: CONCEPTIONS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES
1. Off or on field? – The multilevel parliamentary field of EU external relations
John Erik Fossum and Guri Rosén

2. Inter-parliamentary cooperation in the European Union: Towards institutionalization?
Thomas Christiansen and Afke Groen

3. Bringing transnationalism (once again) back in: Insights for the parliamentary dimension of European foreign policy
Daan Fonck and Kolja Raube

4. EU entrepreneurship, norm diffusion and the parliamentarization of regional economic organizations
Tobias Lenz

5. Rationales of inter-parliamentary cooperation in European security politics: From the Inter-Parliamentary Union to the IPC-CFSP
Wolfgang Wagner

PART II INTER-PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION AND DIPLOMACY ARENAS IN EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS
6. How can inter-parliamentary cooperation contribute to the legitimacy of the EU as an international actor?
Christopher Lord

7. Emerging interregional parliamentarism: The case of the Baltic Assembly
Robert M. Cutler and Alexander von Lingen

8. The inter-parliamentary conferences of the European Union: Discussion forums or oversight bodies?
Ian Cooper

9. Actor, network, symbol: The Inter-parliamentary Conference on CFSP/CSDP
Dirk Peters

10. The European Parliament in inter-parliamentary cooperation and diplomacy
Diane Fromage

11. The parliamentary dimension of the EU rotating presidency: Bringing back national concerns through the “backdoor”?
Stelios Stavridis and Maria Gianniou

12. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly in parliamentary diplomacy
Zachary Selden and Linda Oehman

PART III INTER-PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION AND DIPLOMACY IN THE EU’s NEIGHBOURHOOD
13. The Role of the European Parliament in the Enlargement Process: Insights from Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Turkey
Seda Gürkan

14. External Europeanization through parliamentary cooperation: The EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee and EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee in comparative perspective
Jakub Wódka and Agnieszka Cianciara

15. The Turkish-EU Cooperation on the Refugee Crisis: The Turkish Perceptions in the Parliamentary Debates
Ipek Demirsu and Meltem Müftüler-Baç

16. The European Parliament as a ‘normative actor’ in inter-parliamentary cooperation?
Cosima Glahn

17. The European Parliament as an agenda setter of EU policy toward its neighbourhood
Magdalena Góra

18. Servants or rivals? Uncovering the drivers and logics of the European Parliament’s diplomacy during the Ukrainian crisis
Daan Fonck

PART IV MULTILATERAL PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION AND DIPLOMACY IN EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND BEYOND
19. The Euro-Latin America Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat): Constructing a common bi-regional agenda
Gustavo G. Müller

20. Cooperation between the European Parliament and the Parliament of Mercosur: Strategic partnership towards effective interregionalism and effective multilateralism
Ana María Moure

21. Asia and the EU: How to add a regional dimension to the parliamentary relationship
Xavier Nuttin

22. Parliamentary deliberation in inter-regional relations: Insights from the ACP-EU JPA
Sarah Delputte and Yentyl Wiliiams

23. Parliamentary cooperation within the Economic Community of West African States
Harrison Kofi Belley

24. Assessing the institutional capability of international parliamentary institutions and parliamentary networks in the Western Balkans and South East Europe
Franklin De Vrieze

25. Inter-parliamentary cooperation in post-Soviet space: Exploring blind spots of regional dynamics
Irina Petrova

PART V PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY ISSUE AREAS: TRADE, ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
26. The European Parliament in EU trade relations with China: A norm and policy advocate?
Shaohua Yan

27. The European Parliament and International Climate Negotiations
Katja Biedenkopf

28. EU-Canada Relations and CETA: A Tale of Legislative Trade Diplomacy
Davor Jančić

29. MEPs as Mediators: An Emerging Trend of Parliamentary Diplomacy?
Lorinc Redei

30. Inter-parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary diplomatic activities in an unorderly word: Concluding remarks
Kolja Raube, Meltem Müftüler-Baç and Jan Wouters

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Erscheinungsdatum	01.08.2019
Reihe/Serie	Leuven Global Governance series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-78643-884-4 / 1786438844
ISBN-13	978-1-78643-884-3 / 9781786438843
Zustand	Neuware