Abstract:Jupille argues that political scientists have given inadequate attention to the politics within the European Union (EU) over rules. Many scholars study the politics surrounding its treaty making-the historic grand bargaining-and the everyday politics that occur within its rules. But the politics that surround the construction of midlevel rules is undertheorized. Jupille's book convincingly fills this gap. As I am writing this review, the U.S. Senate is in an intensely partisan debate over federal judicial nomi… Show more
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