ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

2022

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With Alvaro Oleart (2022). Information or Accountability? A Research Agenda on European Commissioners in National Parliaments. JCMS : Journal of Common Market Studies.

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Why the European Parliament lost the Spitzenkandidaten-process. Journal of European Public Policy.

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Patterns of contestation across EU parliaments: four modes of inter-parliamentary relations compared. West European Politics (2022), 45(2), 242-261.

2020

 

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with Lucy Kinski ‘Transnational Representation in EU National Parliaments’, Political Studies (2020), 68(2), 370-388.

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with Stefano Merlo (2020). Democratic legitimacy in the post-crisis EMU. Journal of European Integration, 42(3), 399-413.

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Party-groups and ideological cleavages in the European Parliament after the 2019 elections. In S. Kritzinger, C. Plescia, K. Raube, J. Willem, & J. Wouters (Eds.) (2020), Assessing the 2019 European Parliament Elections (pp. 54-65). (Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies). Routledge.

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Un'altra via per un'Eurozona democratica. In C. Fasone, N. Lupo, & A. Vauchez (Eds.) (2020), Parlamenti e democrazia in Europa: Federalismi asimmetrici e integrazione differenziata (pp. 341-351). (Percorsi). Societa Editrice Il Mulino.

2019

 

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with Trineke Palm, Military operations and the EU’s identity as an international security actor. European Security (2019), 28(4), 513-534.

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‘Living with Anti-Pluralist Populism in Europe: Insights from the Dutch 2017 Elections’, in Ulrike Liebert & Anne Jenichen (eds) (2019), Europeanisation and Renationalisation. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich, pp. 37-47.

2018

 

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‘Parliamentary accountability in multilevel governance: What role for parliaments in post-crisis EU economic governance?’, Journal of European Public Policy 25(2) (2018): 268-86.

 

Reprinted in: Zeitlin, J. & Verdun, A. (eds.) (2018), EU Socio-Economic Governance since the Crisis: The European Semester in Theory and Practice. London and New York: Routledge, p. 132-150.

2017

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‘Public reason and multi-layered justice’, in Transnational Legal Theory 8(1): 42-58.

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with J.P. Beetz and L. Corrias, ‘We, the people(s) of Europe and the (un)making of the EU polity: Introduction to a Special Issue’, in European Law Journal (2017) 23(6): 432-40.

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‘Review Essay: National Parliaments and Constitutional Transformation in the EU’, European Constitutional Law Review (2017) 13(4), 817-835.

2016

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‘Political science research and its political relevance’, in H. Keman & J. Woldendorp (eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science (pp. 469-482). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

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‘De Kwetsbaarheid van de Democratie: Collectief zelfbestuur in een tijdperk van internationalisering’, Res Publica (2016), 58(2), 217-230.

(Shortened inaugural lecture).

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‘The EU as Multilevel Democracy: Conceptual and Practical Challenges’. Online Papers on Parliamentary Democracy, no 4/2016, PADEMIA-network.

 

 

2015

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with Deirdre Curtin (2015). ‘The Challenge of Making European Union Executive Power Accountable’. In S. Piattoni (Ed.), The European Union: Democratic Principles and Institutional Architectures in Times of Crisis (pp. 63-87). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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‘A Multi-Layered Social Europe? Three Emerging Transnational Social Duties in the EU’, in A. Crespy & G. Menz (eds.) (2015), Social Policy and the Eurocrisis. Quo Vadis Social Europe (pp. 161-181). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

 

2013

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‘Saving the Euro at the Cost of Democracy?’, in Journal of Common Market Studies (2013), Vol. 51(4): 614-630.

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‘Meer-laagse sociale rechtvaardigheid in de Europese Unie’, Filosofie & Praktijk, Vol. 34, Issue 1 (Spring 2013): pp. 36-53.

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Co-edited with John E. Fossum (eds) Practices of Inter-Parliamentary Coordination in International politics. The European Union and Beyond. Colchester: ECPR Press.

 

Including three co-authored chapters:

 

-       with John E. Fossum, ‘Practices of Interparliamentary Coordination in International Politics: The European Union and Beyond’. In B. Crum & J.E. Fossum (eds) (2013): pp. 1-14.

-       with E. Miklin, ‘Interparliamentary Coordination in Single Market Policy-Making: The EU Services Directive’, in B. Crum & J.E. Fossum (eds) (2013): pp. 71-85.

 

-       with John E. Fossum, ‘Conclusion: Towards a Democratic Multilevel Parliamentary Field?’ in B. Crum & J.E. Fossum (eds) (2013): pp. 251-268.

 

2012

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Learning from the EU Constitutional Treaty. Abingdon: Routledge.

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‘The European Parliament as a Driving Force in Informal Institution-Building: The Hard Case of the EP’s Relation with the High Representative for the CFSP’, in Th. Christiansen and C. Neuhold (eds) International Handbook on Informal Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 354-73.

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with John E. Fossum, ‘The EU polity and its pattern of representation: the multilevel parliamentary field’. In Erik O. Eriksen and John Erik Fossum (eds) Rethinking Democracy and the European Union. Abingdon: Routledge, pp.74-92.

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with John E. Fossum, ‘A Democratic Backbone for International Organisations: The Multilevel Parliamentary Field’. In T. Evas, U. Liebert & C. Lord (eds), Multilayered Representation in the European Union, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 91-105.

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‘Biedt Europese integratie een aanzet tot grensoverschrijdende sociale rechtvaardigheid?’, in H. van Houtum and J. van Vugt (eds.), Eerlijke Nieuwe Wereld. Voorbij de grenzen van de natiestaat, Zoetermeer: Klement Uitgeverij, pp. 51-73.

 

2011

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with Eric Miklin (2011), ‘Inter-Parliamentary Contacts of Members of the European Parliament. Report of a Survey’, RECON Online Working Paper 2011/08.

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‘What Do We Owe the Poles (or the Greeks)? Three Emerging Duties of Transnational Social Justice in the European Union’, RECON Online Working Paper 2011/35.

 

2010

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with Peter Bursens, ‘The Benelux Countries: How Politicisation Upset a Pro-Integration Coalition’ in M. Carbone (ed.) (2010), National Politics and European Integration: From the Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar: 144-163.

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‘Is er een Rol voor Politieke Partijen in de Internationale Politiek?’, Ethiek en Maatschappij 13 (2010) (3): 96-110.

 

2009

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‘Accountability and Personalisation of the European Council Presidency', Journal of European Integration, Vol.31, No.6 (November 2009): 685-701.

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with John E. Fossum, 'The Multilevel Parliamentary Field: a framework for theorizing representative democracy in the EU',European Political Science Review, Vol.1, No.2 (July 2009): 249-271.

 

2008

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The EU Constitutional Process: A Failure of Political Representation?', RECON Online Working Paper 2008/08, June 2008.

 

2007

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Can the EU Presidency Make its Mark on Interstate Bargains? The Italian and Irish Presidencies of the 2003-2004 IGC’, Journal of European Public Policy, 14(8), (December 2007): 1208-26.

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'Party Stances in the Referendums on the EU Constitution', European Union Politics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 61-82.

- Reprinted in Spanish as ‘Europa en la refriega pólitica. Causas y consecuencias del posicionamiento de los partidos politicos en el proceso constituyente europeo’, in H.-J. Trenz, A.J. Menéndez & F. Losado,  ¿Y por fin somos europeos? La communicación política en el debate constituyente europeo, Madrid : Dykinson, 75-105.

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The EU Constitutional Treaty in the Netherlands Could a better embedding have made a difference?, WRR-Webpublicatie nr. 25, The Hague: Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR).

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with Harmen Binnema, ‘Resistance to Europe as a Carrier of Mass-Elite Incongruence: The Case of The Netherlands’, in Justine Lacroix & Ramona Coman (eds), Les Résistances à l’Europe. Cultures nationals, ideologies et strategies d’acteurs. Bruxelles: Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles, pp. 113-128.

 

2006

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‘The EU Presidency: Comparing the Italian and Irish Presidencies of the 2003-04 Intergovernmental Conference’, in D. Beach & C. Mazzucelli (eds), Leadership in the big bangs of European integration, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan: pp. 58-75.

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‘Parliamentarization of the CFSP through informal institution-making? The fifth European Parliament and the EU High Representative’, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.13, No.3 (April): 383-401.

 

2005

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‘The Constitutional Idea of a ‘European Union of Citizens and States’, in John Erik Fossum (ed.) (2005), Constitutional processes in Canada and the EU compared. ARENA Report No 8/05. Oslo: ARENA / University of Oslo: pp.121-46.

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‘Tailoring Representative Democracy to the European Union: Does the European Constitution Reduce the Democratic Deficit?, European Law Journal, Vol.11, No.4 (July 2005), pp.452-67.

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‘“United in Diversity”: European Citizenship after the EU Constitution’, in A. Hamzawy (ed.) (2005), Debates on European and Arab Identity. Comparative Approaches, Proceedings of a workshop organized by the Center for European Studies, Cairo University in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, s.l.: Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, pp.33-52.

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‘Towards finality? An assessment of the achievements of the European Convention’, in A. Verdun & O. Croci (eds) (2005), Institutional and Policy-Making Challenges to the European Union in the Wake of Enlargement, Manchester: Manchester University Press. Reprinted in Paperback in 2007.

Earlier version as ARENA Working Paper 03/4.   

 

2004

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‘EU-Grondwet en Doeltreffend Beleid: Zijn Governance en Government verenigbaar?’, in Internationale Spectator, Jaargang 58, nr. 9 (september 2004), pp. 424-429.

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Een Echte ‘Grondwet’ voor de Europese Unie?’, Filosofie & Praktijk, Jaargang 25, nr. 3 (mei 2004), pp. 16-27.

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‘Genesis and Assessment of the Grand Institutional Settlement of the European Convention’, in Politique Européenne, n° 13, printemps, 2004.

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‘Politics and Power in the European Convention’, in Politics Vol. 24, No. 1 (February 2004), pp. 1-11.  

 

2003

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‘Vertegenwoordigende Democratie in de Europese Unie’, in J. Pelkmans, M. Sie Dhian Ho & B. Limonard (eds), Nederland en de Europese Grondwet, Preliminary Report of the Netherlands Scientific Council of Government Policy (WRR), Amsterdam/The Hague: Amsterdam University Press: pp. 155-191.

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‘Legislative-executive relations in the European Union’, in Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 41, No. 3 (June 2003), pp. 375-395.  

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with Wouter Coussens, ‘Towards Effective and Accountable Leadership of the Union. Options and guidelines for reform’, EPIN Working Paper No. 3, January 2003.

 

- Reprinted in two parts in Romanian Journal of European Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 1(March 2003): pp. 5-38 and Vol. 3, No. 2 (July 2003), pp. 45-65.

 

Before 2002

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‘Procedures, Justice and Choice in Basic Education Policy’, in Law and Policy, Vol. 20, no. 1, (January 1998): pp. 77-112.

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‘Legal Deliberation about the Right to Free Speech’ in R. Martin & G. Sprenger (eds.) (1997), Challenges to Law at the End of the 20th Century. Band 1: Rights, ARSP-Beiheft 70, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag.