Institutional Change In European Governance: The Commission´s Implementing Powers and the European Parliament

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne Héritier ◽  
Catherine Moury
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
European Governance

scholarly journals Gender, Violence, and Political Institutions: Struggles over Sexual Harassment in the European Parliament

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentine Berthet ◽  
Johanna Kantola
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Institutional Response ◽  
Members Of European Parliament

Abstract The global #MeToo movement exposed the prevalence of sexual harassment across countries, in diverse contexts, and within institutions; including the supposedly gender-friendly European Parliament (EP). Using a unique set of interview data with key actors in the #MeTooEP campaign and Members of European Parliament and staff, this article analyzes the discursive struggles around sexual harassment in the EP. The analysis shows how these discourses fundamentally shaped the patchy institutional response to sexual harassment with findings that illuminate the resistance to institutional change.

scholarly journals Agencies’ Reputational Game in an Evolving Environment: Europol and the European Parliament

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Agathe Piquet
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
European Governance ◽  
Communicative Strategies ◽  
The Face ◽  
Over Time

With European Union agencies becoming increasingly significant actors in European governance, further research is needed to understand how they interact with their environment. Applying the ‘reputation’ literature to Europol, this article examines in greater detail how agencies behave with their ‘informal’ audiences in comparison with the formal ones. It demonstrates that agencies are deeply invested in the shaping of their reputation, including towards their informal audiences especially if the latter represent ‘reputational threats.’ Based on a quantitative analysis of activity reports and on a qualitative study of the face-to-face engagements of Europol with the European Parliament over time, this research sheds light on the complementary communicative strategies agencies can use to (re)present themselves depending on the dimension of their reputation at stake.

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