Controlling the Eu Executive? - The Politics of Delegation in the European Union

This volume investigates inter-institutional conflicts in the EU system, specifically over delegation of rule-making power to the European Commission.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Theorizing Delegation and Control Regimes in the EU


• 3: Institutional Contestation of Delegation in the EU over Time


• 4: The Battle over the Lisbon Treaty's Two Control Regimes: Getting the Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts Regimes in Place


• 5: Institutional Preferences on the Post-Lisbon Control Regimes: Qualitative Evidence


• 6: Institutional Preferences on the Post-Lisbon Control Regimes: Quantitative Evidence


• 7: Explaining Choices of Delegation and Control Regimes


• 8: Conclusion and the Way Ahead

About the author

Gijs Jan Brandsma is Assistant Professor in European Union Politics and Administration at Utrecht University. His research focuses on institutional developments and decision-making in the European Union, and in particular on the workings of political and administrative arrangements 'behind the scenes': committees, expert groups, regulatory networks, and trilogues. His publications include Controlling Comitology (Palgrave, 2013).

Jens Blom-Hansen is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. His research interests lie at the intersection of EU studies, intergovernmental relations, and public administration. He has published a large number of articles and books on these topics including the EU comitology system, the optimal size of local jurisdictions, public budgeting, and the use of experimental methods in public administration research.

Summary

This volume investigates inter-institutional conflicts in the EU system, specifically over delegation of rule-making power to the European Commission.

Product details

• Authors: JENS BLOM-HANSEN, Jens (Professor of Public Administration Blom-Hansen, Blom-Hansen Jens, Gijs (Assistant Professor in European Un Brandsma, Gijs (Assistant Professor in European Union Politics and Administration Brandsma, Gijs Jan Brandsma, Brandsma Gijs
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780198767909
• ISBN: 978-0-19-876790-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, LAW / International, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structure & processes, Public Administration, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, Political structure and processes, EU & European institutions