Between Ideology and Nationality: Drivers of Legislative Oversight in the European Parliament's Economic Dialogues

被引：1

作者：

Akbik, Adina ^{[1
,2
,4
]}

Migliorati, Marta ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Leiden Univ, Inst Polit Sci, Leiden, Netherlands

[2] Hertie Sch, Jacques Delors Ctr, Berlin, Germany

[3] Univ Malta, Msida, Malta

[4] Leiden Univ, Inst Polit Sci, Wijnhaven Campus 6-11,Turfmarkt99, NL-2511 DP Leiden, Netherlands

来源：

JCMS-JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES | 2023年 / 61卷 / 04期

关键词：

European Parliament; legislative oversight; economic dialogues; economic and monetary union; social policy; SOCIAL EUROPE; EUROZONE CRISIS; QUESTIONS; SEMESTER; GOVERNANCE; BEHAVIOR; MARKET;

D O I：

10.1111/jcms.13444

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

What drives the behaviour of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in legislative oversight? In this article, we explore the interplay between the ideology and nationality of MEPs in policy fields where the two dimensions are likely to come into conflict. Focusing on EU socio-economic governance, we collect an original dataset of parliamentary questions asked during the Economic Dialogues with the European Commission (2012-2019). By means of content analysis, we detect variation in MEPs' preferences relating to two dimensions central to this field, that is, economic effectiveness and social inequality. We argue that the variation in MEPs' concerns can be explained to different degrees by their ideology and nationality. We find that ideology plays a highly significant role in shaping the type of questions posed in legislative oversight; however, the nationality of MEPs is also an important driver of behaviour, especially when a member state is disproportionately affected by EU measures.

引用

页码：1026 / 1046

页数：21