Inside European Parliament Politics

Laura Landorff is Assistant Professor in European Studies at the Department of Culture and Global Studies at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. Her research focuses on the European Parliament, informal politics, political sociology and European integration.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Opening up institutional black boxes: The European Parliament from a Sociological Perspective.- 3 Intergroups in the European Parliament: Institutionalisation and Regulation.- 4 Who are the MEPs Making up Intergroups? A Socio-Political Analysis.- 5 Finding Allies: The Intergroup as Bridging Social Capital.- 6 Seeking Information: The Intergroup as Informational Capital.- 7 Conversion and Mobilisation of Political Capital.- 8 Conclusion.