Europeanization Imagology, Historical Institutionalism and Integration: Comparative Politics of Institutional Change in Governance
Europeanization Imagology, Historical Institutionalism and Integration: Comparative Politics of Institutional Change in Governance

Summary/Abstract: Comparative politics of institutional change in governance within the European integration context identifies the process and traces the effects of Europeanization at domestic level. The imagology associated to the Europeanization phenomenon depicts processes of „de-parliamentarisation” of the political system correlated to the strengthening of the national government or the oposing orientation towards the strategic reinforcement of national parliaments by raising their „veto rights” or negotiate their support to EU-driven legislation. This paper offers a comparative overview of the studies accomplished on the national responses to Europeanization issues bearing a (mostly neo-historical) institutionalist and path-dependent perspective according to which (pre-existing) institutions set the desired behaviour.

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