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The Democratic Deficit and Parliamentary Adaptation to Integration National Parliaments and the Democratic Deficit of the European Union The Democratic Dilemma of European Integration Responses to European Integration's Democratic Dilemma How European Integration Challenges National Parliaments Mapping Parliamentary Adaptation to European Integration A 'Direct' European Role: Rights and Opportunities to Participate Directly in EU Policy-Making Domestic Adaptation: The Creation of EU-Related Oversight Institutions The Evolution and Diversity of Oversight Institutions Conclusion Puzzling Parliamentary Reform in European Political Systems Contextual Factors and Parliamentary Adaptation to European Integration Party Policy, Cabinets, and Parliamentary Reform in European Union Affairs Constitutional Preferences of European Political Parties The Nature of Constitutional Preferences of European Political Parties Constitutional Politics: When and Why Constitutional Preferences Matter for Decision-Making The Configuration of Constitutional Preferences across Parties and Parliaments Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Adaptation to European Integration Conclusion Analysing Domestic Adaptation to European Integration Empirically Reforms and Reform Opportunities The Explanatory Variables Parliamentary Party Support for the European Union and the European Parliament Domestic Parliamentary Institutions Minority Government and Coalition Conflict Popular Euroscepticism and the Depth of European Integration Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight Institutions Variation in the Strength of Oversight Institutions The Likelihood of Parliamentary Reforms The Magnitude of Parliamentary Reform in EU Affairs Conclusion What Should We Expect To Observe in a Study of Parliamentary Reform Debates?The Dutch Case Debating EU-Related Parliamentary Reform in the Dutch Parliament Who Demands Parliamentary Reform in EU Affairs?Motivations Underlying Parliamentary Reform Demands Disagreement Over Reform The Dutch Parliament's 'Approval Rights' in Justice and Home Affairs Conclusion The Lack of a Strong 'Direct' Parliamentary Role in EU Policy-Making Explaining Parliamentarians' Preferences for a Direct Role at the European Level The Conditional Impact of Constitutional Preferences Institutional Constraints on Parliamentarians' Support for a Direct European Role Three Proposals to Strengthen National Parliaments' Direct Role in EU Affairs Explanatory Variables and Bivariate Relationships Analysis of Parliamentarians' Support for a Direct Role in EU Affairs Robustness of the Results Summary of Results An Illustration of Inter-Parliamentary Decision-Making under Conditions of Heterogeneous Constitutional Preferences Conclusion Parliamentary Reactions to Reforms of Economic and Monetary Union The New Challenges for National Parliaments Variation in Parliamentary Adaptation and Reform Preferences Institutional Constraints, Parliamentary Adaptation, and Reform Preferences The Ambiguous Effect of Constitutional Preferences Existing Institutions, Parliamentary Adaptation, and Reform Preferences Alternative Explanations: Partisan Policy Conflict and Case-Specific Political-Economic Salience Explanatory Variables and Bivariate Relationships Analysis Conclusion Summary of the Argument Review of the Evidence Building Parliamentary Authority on Constitutional Preferences Agency and Accountability Does 'Reality Bite'? EU-Related Parliamentary Rights and Day-to-Day Policy-Making