New Faculty
Amie Kreppel
This article was originally published in the March 1999 issue of CLASnotes
Amie Kreppel, an assistant professor of political science, received her PhD from UCLA last year. She teaches in the field of comparative politics, including courses on the political institutions of Western Europe and the politics and institutions of the European Union. Her research focuses on political parties and parliaments in Western Europe and the USA. In particular she has published on the influence of coalition size on legislative output and on the role of executive use of decrees in Italy. Her more recent work has focused specifically on the European Union and the European Parliament in particular. She continues her research on the European Parliament through active participation in an ongoing project examining the influence of the European Parliament on European Union legislation. Future projects include examining the process of institutional development in the newly democratizing countries of Eastern Europe
