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The socialisation of Polish Members of the European Parliament 2004–2009: from national to European politicians?
thesis
posted on 2018-11-01, 16:51 authored by Melchior SzczepanikThe aim of the thesis is to investigate how service in the European Parliament (EP) between
2004 and 2009 influenced the attitudes, identities and behaviour of the Polish members of the
chamber. The study of the Polish contingent is carried out with a view to contributing to
discussions of the phenomenon usually referred to as the "socialisation" of Members of the
European Parliament (MEPs). For the purposes of the present analysis, three aspects of
socialisation are differentiated: institutional learning (MEPs learning to participate
effectively in the work of the chamber), adaptation to the institutional culture of the EP
(MEPs discovering the norms and codes of conduct characteristic for the EP) and attitude
change (evolution of political views as a result of contacts with other MEPs). [Continues.]
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Publisher
© Melchior SzczepanikPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2009Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en