Whitaker, Richard, 1976- The European parliament's committees : national party influence and legislative empowerment / Richard Whitaker. -- 1st ed. -- London ; New York : Routledge : Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. -- (Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies). -- Obsah: 1. Introduction: studying a changing parliament--2. Committees and national parties in the European Parliament: responding to legislative empowerment--3. The development of the European Parliament's committee system: structure and turnover--4. Member states and national parties' committee membership--5. Committee assignments at the individual level in the European Parliament--6. Committee leadership positions : a game of musical chairs?--7. Representativeness in committee contingents--8. Conclusions: national party influence in a committee-based parliament?. -- Anotace: "This book analyzes the development of the European Parliament's (EP) committees and their relationship with national political parties in the light of the EP's increased legislative role over the last three decades."--Cover. -- ISBN : 978-0-415-48525-8 váz. *2Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies0 Evropský parlament * výbor EP * politická strana * členský stát EU * 1. polovina 21. století