Transnational Parliamentary Assemblies
A Remedy for the Democratic Deficit of International Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6407475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christiane Kraft-Kasack (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 534-557 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402380801939818 |
| OpenAlex | W1980653402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 32 |
While international governance may improve the legitimacy of its policies by producing better outputs, it reduces legitimacy on the input side as decisions are taken further away from the citizens. This article examines transnational parliamentary assemblies and assesses whether they might add legitimacy to decision-making beyond the state. While the parliamentary route to legitimacy is often belittled within the realm of international relations, many such assemblies already exist. The study gives an overview of such assemblies and compares the European Parliament, the Nordic Council and the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in detail. They represent three types of transnational parliamentary assemblies: parliament, assembly and conference. The article reaches the conclusion that a parliament can further democratic legitimacy in supranational contexts, whereas assemblies can provide additional legitimacy to processes of international cooperation. The conference type does not fulfil the criteria set for democratic legitimacy
Corporate governance · Democracy · democratic deficit · Democratic legitimacy · Economics · European union · International trade · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Management · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
L’autonomisation du « Parlement européen
World Diplomacy of the European Parliament
Connecting International Relations and Public Administration
Legislative communities. Conceptualising and mapping international parliamentary relations
Defending state-centric regionalism through mimicry and localisation
Parliamentary Functions in Cross-Border Cooperation
Complementing, competing, or co-operating? Exploring newspapers’ portrayals of the European Parliament and national parliaments in EU affairs
Citizen-centred or state-centred? The representational design of International Parliamentary Institutions
Why (most) Indonesian businesses fear the Asean Economic Community
Democratic accountability of international organizations
Inter-parliamentary Cooperation in the EU and outside the Union
Executive-legislative relations and inter-parliamentary cooperation in federal systems – lessons for the European Union
The EU’s Multilevel Parliamentary (Battle)Field
Explaining the Emergence of International Parliamentary Institutions
The Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly
Why Legislatures Organise
Parliamentary scrutiny as a function of interparliamentary cooperation among subnational parliaments
Legitimacy and the Cognitive Sources of International Institutional Change
Democratic backsliding, regional governance and foreign policymaking in Southeast Asia
Against Global Parliament
Intertwined parliamentary arenas
Political Parties in the European Union
Governing in Europe
Democracy and Its Critics
Democracy and Its Critics
Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU
The Nordic Council, a Study of Scandinavian Regionalism
Specialization and Concentration from a Twofold Geographical Perspective
Composite democracy in Europe
Governance beyond the nation-state. Reflections on the democratic deficit of the European Union
The Legislative Powers and Impact of the European Parliament
The Creation and Empowerment of the European Parliament
The Party System in the European Parliament
Always One Step Behind? National Legislatures and the European Union
The Legislative Impact of the European Parliament Under the Revised Co-Decision Procedure
Nine Second‐order National Elections – A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of European Election Results
Legislative Procedures in the European Union
The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
Nordic Cooperation in the Seventies
Legitimizing the EU
Diplomacy and domestic politics
Global Governance and Legitimacy Problems
Democratic Accountability and Political Effectiveness from a Cosmopolitan Perspective
Constitution Making and Democratic Innovation
A Democratic Dilemma
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |