Bibliography
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Monographs
6. Heinkelmann-Wild, Berthold Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl and Lisa Kriegmair (2024): European Blame Games. Where does the buck stop? Oxford: Oxford University Press (177 p.; open access).
5. Leuffen, Dirk, Berthold Rittberger and Frank Schimmelfennig (2022): Integration and Differentiation in the European Union: Theory and Policies, Basingstoke: Palgrave (440 p.).
4. Rittberger, Berthold (2021): Die Europäische Union. Politik, Institutionen, Krisen, München: C.H. Beck (128 p.).
3. Leuffen, Dirk, Berthold Rittberger and Frank Schimmelfennig (2013): Differentiated Integration: Explaining Variation in the European Union, Basingstoke: Palgrave (287 p).
Reviewed in:
EUSA Review (Christopher J. Williams); Political Studies Review (Benjamin Leruth)
2. Holzinger, Katharina, Christoph Knill, Dirk Peters, Berthold Rittberger, Frank Schimmelfennig and Wolfgang Wagner (2005): Die Europäische Union. Theorien und Analysekonzepte, Paderborn: Schöningh (UTB).
1. Rittberger, Berthold (2005): Building Europe's Parliament. Democratic Representation Beyond the Nation State, Oxford: Oxford University Press (published in paper back in 2007, 234 p.)
Reviewed in:
EUSA Review (Tapio Raunio); International History Review (Alan Milward); Internationale Politik (Alexandra Kemmerer); Journal of Common Market Studies (Giacomo Benedetto); Political Studies Review (Agustín José Menéndez); West European Politics (Richard Whitaker); Politische Vierteljahresschrift (Armin Schäfer); Journal of European Integration History (Wolfram Kaiser)
Edited Volumes and Special Issues
8. Richardson, Jeremy, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): The Brexit Policy Fiasco, Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy 27, 5.
7. Braun, Daniela, Martin Gross, and Berthold Rittberger, Eds. (2020): Political Behavior in the EU Multi-Level System, Special Issue of Politics and Governance, 8, 1.
6. Rittberger, Berthold, and Klaus H. Goetz, Eds. (2018): Secrecy in Europe, Special issue of West European Politics, 41, 4.
5. Rittberger, Berthold, and Arndt Wonka, Eds. (2011): Agency Governance in the European Union, Special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy 18, 6 (also published as hardback by Routledge, 2012, 153 p.).
4. Kohler-Koch, Beate, and Berthold Rittberger, Eds. (2007): Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
3. Rittberger, Berthold, and Frank Schimmelfennig, Eds. (2006): Die EU auf dem Weg in den Verfassungsstaat, Frankfurt: Campus (Reihe: Mannheimer Jahrbuch für Europäische Sozialforschung, Band: 10).
2. Rittberger, Berthold, and Frank Schimmelfennig, Eds. (2006): The Constitutionalization of the European Union, Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy 13, 8 (also published as hardback by Routledge, 2009).
1. Rittberger, Berthold, and Jeffrey Stacey, Eds. (2003): Dynamics of Formal and Informal Institutional Change in the EU, Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy 10, 6.
Journal Articles
50. Daßler, Benjamin, Sandra Bandemer, Berthold Rittberger, and Moritz Weiss (2024): 'Navigating Regime Complexes in Turbulent Times—The EU’s Interaction with Other International Organizations in Crises', Politische Vierteljahresschrift, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-024-00572-9.
49. Goddard, Stacie E., Ronald R Krebs, Christian Kreuder-Sonnen, and Berthold Rittberger (2024): 'Contestation in a World of Liberal Orders', Global Studies Quarterly, 4, 2, https://doi.org/10.1093/isagsq/ksae026
48. Waas, Lara and Berthold Rittberger (2024): 'The Berlin puzzle: Why European solidarity prevailed in the adoption of the Corona recovery fund', European Journal of Political Research, 63, 2, 644-663.
47. Rittberger, Berthold, Eva Ruffing, Martin Weinrich, and Arndt Wonka (2024): 'The competence‐control dilemma and the institutional design of European Union agencies', Governance, early view.
46. Ruffing, Eva, Martin Weinrich, Berthold Rittberger, and Arndt Wonka (2023): 'The European administrative space over time: mapping the formal independence of EU agencies', Regulation & Governance, early view.
45. Kreuder-Sonnen, Christian and Berthold Rittberger (2023): 'LIO’s growing democracy gap: an endogenous source of polity contestation', Journal of International Relations and Development, 26, 1, 61-85.
44. Heinkelmann-Wild, Tim, Bernhard Zangl, Berthold Rittberger, and Lisa Kriegmair (2023): 'Blame Shifting and Blame Obfuscation: The Blame Avoidance Effects of Delegation in the EU', European Journal of Political Research, 62, 1, 221-238.
43. Moser, Carolyn, and Berthold (2022). 'The CJEU and EU (de-) constitutionalization: Unpacking jurisprudential responses', International Journal of Constitutional Law, 20, 3, 1038-1070.
42. Kriegmair, Lisa, Berthold Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, and Tim Heinkelmann-Wild (2022): 'Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU', West European Politics, 45, 5, 1153-1174.
41. Richardson, Jeremy, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): 'Brexit: simply an omnishambles or a major policy fiasco?', Journal of European Public Policy, 27, 5, 649-665.
40. Heinkelmann-Wild, Tim, Lisa Kriegmair, Berthold Rittberger, and Bernhard Zangl (2020): 'Divided they fail: the politics of wedge issues and Brexit', Journal of European Public Policy, 27, 5, 723-741.
39. Heinkelmann-Wild, Tim, Lisa Kriegmair, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): 'The EU Multi-Level System and the Europeanization of Domestic Blame Games', Politics and Governance, 8, 1, 85-94.
38. Braun, Daniela, Martin Gross, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): 'Political Behavior in the EU Multi-Level System', Politics and Governance, 8, 1, 1-5.
37. Guérin, Nina, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): 'Are third states pulling the strings? The impact of domestic policy change on EU-third state cooperation', Journal of European Integration, 42, 7, 991-1008.
36. Biermann, Felix, Nina Guérin, Stefan Jagdhuber, Berthold Rittberger, and Moritz Weiss (2019): 'Political (non-)reform in the euro crisis and refugee crisis: a liberal intergovernmentalist explanation', Journal of European Public Policy, 26, 2: 246-266.
35. Rittberger, Berthold, and Klaus H. Goetz (2018): Secrecy in Europe, West European Politics, 41, 4: 825-845.
34. Maier, Jürgen, Thorsten Faas, Berthold Rittberger, Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, Kalliope Agapiou Josifides, Susan Banducci, Paolo Bellucci, Magnus Blomgren, Inta Brikse, Karol Chwedczuk-Szulc, Marina Costa Lobo, Mikołaj Cześnik, Anastasia Deligiaouri, Tomaž Deželan, Wouter deNooy, Aldo Di Virgilio, Florin Fesnic, Danica Fink-Hafner, Marijana Grbeša, Carmen Greab, Andrija Henjak, David Nicolas Hopmann, David Johann, Gábor Jelenfi, Jurate Kavaliauskaite, Zoltan Kmetty, Sylvia Kritzinger, Pedro C. Magalhães, Vincent Meyer, Katia Mihailova, Mihail Mirchev, Ville Pitkänen, Aine Ramonaite, Theresa Reidy, Marek Rybar, Carmen Sammut, José Santana-Pereira, Guna Spurava, Lia-Paschalla Spyridou, Adriana Stefanel, Václav Štětka, Aleksander Surdej, Róbert Tardos, Dimitris Trimithiotis, Christiano Vezzoni, Aneta Világi & Gergo Zavecz (2018): 'This time it’s different? Effects of the Eurovision Debate on young citizens and its consequence for EU democracy – evidence from a quasi-experiment in 24 countries', Journal of European Public Policy, 25, 4: 606-629.
33. Rittberger, Berthold, and Michael Blauberger (2018): 'Introducing the Debate Section: "The EU in crisis: EU studies in crisis?"', Journal of European Public Policy, 25, 3: 436-439.
32. Rittberger, Berthold, Helena Schwarzenbeck, and Bernhard Zangl (2017): 'Where Does the Buck Stop? Explaining Public Responsibility Attributions in Complex International Institutions', Journal of Common Market Studies 54, 4: 909-923.
31. Blauberger, Michael, and Berthold Rittberger (2017): 'A rejoinder to Tarrant and Kelemen', Regulation and Governance 11, 2: 223-227.
30. Maier, Jürgen, Berthold Rittberger, and Thorsten Faas (2016): 'Debating Europe: Effects of the “Eurovision Debate” on EU Attitudes of Young German Voters and the Moderating Role Played by Political Involvement', Politics & Governance 4, 1: 55-68.
29. Blauberger, Michael, and Berthold Rittberger (2015): 'Conceptualizing and Theorizing EU Regulatory Networks', Regulation & Governance 9, 4: 367-376.
28. Rittberger, Berthold, and Frank Schimmelfennig (2015): 'Kontinuität und Divergenz. Die Eurokrise und die Entwicklung europäischer Integration in der Europaforschung', Politische Vierteljahresschrift 56, 3: 389-405.
27. Rittberger, Berthold, and Thomas Winzen (2015): 'Parlamentarismus nach der Krise: Die Vertiefung parlamentarischer Asymmetrie in der reformierten Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion', Politische Vierteljahresschrift 56, 3: 430-456.
26. Fortin-Rittberger, Jessica, and Berthold Rittberger (2015): 'Nominating Women for Europe: Exploring the role of political parties' recruitment procedures for European Parliament elections', European Journal of Political Research 54 (4), 767-783.
25. Mühlböck, Monika, and Berthold Rittberger (2015): 'The Council, the European Parliament, and the paradox of inter-institutional cooperation', European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 19.
24. Schimmelfennig, Frank, Dirk Leuffen, and Berthold Rittberger (2015): 'The European Union as a system of differentiated integration: interdependence, politicization and differentiation', Journal of European Public Policy 22, 6: 764-782.
23. Fortin-Rittberger, Jessica, and Berthold Rittberger (2014): 'Do Electoral Rules Matter? Explaining National Differences in Women’s Representation in the European Parliament', European Union Politics 15, 4: 496-520.
22. Rittberger, Berthold (2014): 'Integration without Representation? The European Parliament and the Reform of Economic Governance in the EU', Journal of Common Market Studies 52, 6: 1174-1183.
21. Schneider, Ellen, Rittberger, Berthold, and Arndt Wonka (2014): 'Adapting to Europe? Regional MPs' Involvement in EU Affairs in Germany', Regional & Federal Studies 24, 4: 407-427.
20. Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger (2014): 'The Ties that Bind? Intra-party Information Exchanges of German MPs in EU Multi-level Politics', West European Politics 37, 3: 624-643.
19. Arnold, Christian, and Berthold Rittberger (2013): 'The Legalization of Dispute Resolution in Mercosur', Journal of Politics in Latin America 5, 3: 97-132.
18. Rittberger, Berthold (2012): 'Institutionalizing Representative Democracy in the European Union: The Case of the European Parliament', Journal of Common Market Studies. 50th Anniversary Special Issue 50, 1: 18-37.
17. Rittberger, Berthold, and Arndt Wonka (2011): 'Introduction: Agency Governance in the European Union', Journal of European Public Policy 18, 6: 780-789.
16. Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger (2011): 'Perspectives on EU governance: an empirical assessment of the political attitudes of EU agency professionals', Journal of European Public Policy 18, 6: 888-908.
15. Goetze, Stefan, and Berthold Rittberger (2010): 'A matter of habit? The sociological foundations of empowering the European Parliament', Comparative European Politics 8, 1: 37-54.
14. Wonka Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger (2010): 'Credibility, Complexity and Uncertainty: Explaining the Institutional Independence of 29 EU Agencies', West European Politics 33, 4: 730-752.
13. Rittberger, Berthold (2009): 'The historical origins of the EU's system of representation', Journal of European Public Policy 16, 1: 43-61.
12. Maier, Jürgen, and Berthold Rittberger (2008): 'Shifting Europe's Boundaries. Mass Media, Public Opinion and the Enlargement of the EU', European Union Politics 9, 2: 243-267.
11. Kohler-Koch, Beate and Berthold Rittberger (2006): 'Review article: The "Governance Turn" in EU Studies', Journal of Common Market Studies 44 (Annual Review), 27-49.
10. Schimmelfennig, Frank, Berthold Rittberger, Alexander Bürgin, and Guido Schwellnus (2006): 'Conditions for Constitutionalization: a Qualitative Comparative Analysis', Journal of European Public Policy 13, 8: 1168-1189.
9. Rittberger, Berthold, and Frank Schimmelfennig (2006): 'Explaining the Constitutionalization of the European Union', Journal of European Public Policy 13, 8: 1148-1167.
8. Rittberger, Berthold (2006): '"No Integration without Representation!" European Integration, Parliamentary Democracy, and two forgotten Communities', Journal of European Public Policy 13, 8: 1211-1229.
7. Stacey, Jeffrey, and Berthold Rittberger (2003): 'Dynamics of formal and informal institutional change in the EU', Journal of European Public Policy 10, 6: 858-883.
6. Rittberger, Berthold, and Jeffrey Stacey (2003): 'Conclusion: stepping out of the shadow of history-making integration', Journal of European Public Policy 10, 6: 1020-1032.
5. Lindner, Johannes, and Berthold Rittberger (2003): 'The Creation, Interpretation and Contestation of Institutions - Revisiting Historical Institutionalism', Journal of Common Market Studies 41, 3: 445-473.
4. Rittberger, Berthold, and Jeremy Richardson (2003): 'Old wine in new bottles? Commission proposals and the use of environmental policy instruments', Public Administration 81, 3: 575-606.
3. Rittberger, Berthold (2003): 'The Creation and Empowerment of the European Parliament', Journal of Common Market Studies 41, 2: 203-225.
2. Rittberger, Berthold (2001): 'Which institutions for post-war Europe? Explaining the institutional design of Europe’s first community', Journal of European Public Policy 8, 5: 673-708.
1. Rittberger, Berthold (2000): 'Impatient legislators and new issue dimensions: a critique of the Garrett-Tsebelis 'standard version' of legislative politics', Journal of European Public Policy 7, 4: 554-575.
Chapters & Reports (selection)
27. Rittberger, Berthold (2023): 'Democratic control and legitimacy in the evolving EU economic governance framework', European Parliament, Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit (EGOV), PE 733.742.
26. Rittberger, Berthold (2022): 'The European Union: crisis politics and integration', in: Jürgen Rüland and Astrid Carrapatoso (eds.): Handbook on Global Governance and Regionalism. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 183-201.
25. Jagdhuber, Stefan, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): '"Flexible Union" statt "Ever Closer Union": Die EU, der Brexit und differenzierte Integration', in: Andreas Grimmel (ed.): Die neue Europäische Union. Zwischen Integration und Desintegration, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 183 - 206.
24. Biermann, Felix, and Berthold Rittberger (2020): 'Balancing Competence and Control: Indirect Governance "Triangles" in EU Regulation', in: Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, Bernhard Zangl (eds.): The Governor's Dilemma: Indirect Governance Beyond Principals and Agents, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 180-202.
23. Rittberger, Berthold, and Moritz Weiss (2017): 'Europaforschung in den Internationalen Beziehungen', in: Frank Sauer and Carlo Masala (eds.): Handbuch Internationale Beziehungen, 2. Auflage, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 493-522.
22. Winzen, Thomas, and Berthold Rittberger (2017): 'Parliamentary Reactions to Reforms of Economic and Monetary Union', in: Thomas Winzen: Constitutional Preferences and Parliamentary Reform, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 151–175.
21. Rittberger, Berthold, and Philipp Schroeder (2016): 'The Legitimacy of Regional Institutions', in: Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 579-599.
20. Schimmelfennig, Frank, and Berthold Rittberger (2015): ‘The EU as a system of differentiated integration: A challenge for theories of European integration?’, in: Jeremy Richardson and Sonia Mazey (eds.): European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 4th ed. London: Routledge, pp. 33-62.
19. Rittberger, Berthold, and Thomas Winzen (2015): ‘The EU’s multilevel parliamentary system’, in: Jeremy Richardson and Sonia Mazey (eds.): European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 4th ed. London: Routledge, pp. 107-134.
18. Rittberger, Berthold, and Arndt Wonka (2015): ‘EU agencies’, in: Jeremy Richardson and Sonia Mazey (eds.): European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 4th ed. London: Routledge, pp. 233-258.
17. Blauberger, Michael, and Berthold Rittberger (2015): ‘Orchestrating Policy Implementation: EU Governance through Regulatory Networks’, in: Kenneth W. Abbott, Philipp Genschel, Duncan Snidal, Bernhard Zangl (eds.): International Organizations as Orchestrators, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 39-64.
16. Rittberger, Berthold (2014): ‘The European Union: A Constitutional Order in the Making’, in: Desmond Dinan (ed.): Origins and Evolution of the European Union, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 327-344.
15. Rittberger, Berthold, Leuffen, Dirk, and Frank Schimmelfennig (2014): ‘Differentiated Integration and Core State Powers’, in: Philipp Genschel and Markus Jachtenfuchs (eds.): Beyond the Regulatory Polity? The European Integration of Core State Powers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 189-210.
14. Glockner, Iris, and Berthold Rittberger (2012): ‘ The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Defence Community (EDC) Treaties’, in: Finn Laursen (ed.): Designing the European Union. From Paris to Lisbon. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 16-47.
13. Rittberger, Berthold (2012): ‘Treaties of Paris’, in: Erik Jones, Anand Menon and Stephen Weatherhill (eds.): Oxford Handbook of the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 79-94.
12. Rittberger, Berthold (2010): ‘Multi-level Governance and Parliaments in the EU’, in: Henrik Enderlein, Sonia Wälti and Michael Zürn (eds.): Handbook of Multi-Level Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 239-252.
11. Rittberger, Berthold (2010): ‘Democracy and EU Governance’, in: Michelle Egan, Neill Nugent and William Paterson (eds.): Studying the European Union: Current and Future Agendas. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 134-167.
10. Rittberger, Berthold (2009): ‘“Copy and Paste”: Parlamentarisierung jenseits des Nationalstaates’, in: Nicole Deitelhoff and Jens Steffek (eds.): Staatlichkeit ohne Staat? Chancen und Aporien von Demokratie und Recht auf globaler Ebene. Frankfurt: Campus, pp. 137-159.
9. Kohler-Koch, Beate, and Berthold Rittberger (2009): ‘A Futile Quest for Coherence: The Many Frames of EU Governance’, in: Beate Kohler-Koch and Fabrice Larat (eds.): European Multi-Level Governance Contrasting Images in National Research. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 3-18.
8. Rittberger, Berthold, and Frank Schimmelfennig (2007): ‘The Constitutionalization of the European Union: Explaining the Parliamentarization and Institutionalization of Human Rights’, in: Sophie Meunier and Kathleen McNamara (eds.): The State of the European Union Volume 8: Making History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 213-229.
7. Kohler-Koch, Beate, and Berthold Rittberger (2007): ‘Charting Crowded Territory: Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union‘, in: Beate Kohler-Koch and Berthold Rittberger (eds.): Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 1-29.
6. Rittberger, Berthold (2007): ‘Constructing Parliamentary Democracy in the European Union: How Did It Happen?’, in: Beate Kohler-Koch and Berthold Rittberger (eds.): Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 111-137.
5. Rittberger, Berthold, and Frank Schimmelfennig (2006): ‚Das Rätsel der Konstitutionalisierung: Wie aus der Europäischen Union ein Verfassungsstaat wurde’, in: Berthold Rittberger and Frank Schimmelfennig (eds.): Die Europäische Union auf dem Weg in den Verfassungsstaat. Frankfurt/Main: Campus, pp. 15-39.
4. Schimmelfennig, Frank, Rittberger, Berthold, Bürgin, Alexander, and Guido Schwellnus (2006): ‚Die Konstitutionalisierung der EU: Eine qualitativ-vergleichende Analyse’, in: Berthold Rittberger and Frank Schimmelfennig (eds.): Die Europäische Union auf dem Weg in den Verfassungsstaat. Frankfurt/Main: Campus, pp. 41-69.
3. Rittberger, Berthold (2006): “‘No integration without representation!” Parlamentarische Demokratie, Europäische Integration und die beiden vergessenen Gemeinschaften‘, in: Berthold Rittberger and Frank Schimmelfennig (eds.): Die Europäische Union auf dem Weg in den Verfassungsstaat. Frankfurt/Main: Campus, pp. 139-164.
2. Schimmelfennig, Frank, and Berthold Rittberger (2006): ‘Theories of European integration: assumptions and hypotheses’, in: Jeremy Richardson (ed.): European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 3rd ed. London: Routledge, pp. 73-95.
1. Auel, Katrin, and Berthold Rittberger (2006): ‘Fluctuant nec merguntur: the European Parliament, national parliaments, and European Integration’, in: Jeremy Richardson (ed.): European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 3rd ed. London: Routledge, pp. 121-145.
