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This chapter outlines the conceptual framework of the book. Introducing structural constructivism as theoretical backbone of this study, the European Parliament is subsequently sketched as a transnational political field in this chapter. Within this transnational political field, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are conceptualised as multipositional entrepreneurs who struggle to acquire a variety of social resources. This chapter suggests conceptual specification and modifications with regard to the concepts of field and capital.
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Landorff, L. (2019). Opening up Institutional Black Boxes: The European Parliament from a Sociological Perspective. In: Inside European Parliament Politics. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04206-6_2
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