Law, Legitimacy, and European Governance

Informationen zum Autor Stijn Smismans is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. Klappentext This volume examines the role of law in increasing the legitimacy of European decision-making by structuring and facilitating diverse forms of participation, representation, and deliberation. The important role of interest groups in the current debates over the legitimacy of the European Union is examined. Models of functional participation, including committees, agencies, and social dialogue are analysed in the light of a detailed empirical study of EC occupational health and safety policy. Zusammenfassung This volume examines the role of law in increasing the legitimacy of European decision-making by structuring and facilitating diverse forms of participation, representation, and deliberation. The role of interest groups in the debates over the legitimacy of the European Union is examined. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Functional Participation: the Missing Link in the EU's Legitimacy Debate 2: Functional Participation in Social Regulation: the Case of European Occupational Health and Safety Policy 3: The European Economic and Social Committee 4: Tripartite Advisory Committees: The Advisory Committee on Safety and Hygiene 5: Information Agencies: the European Agency for Safety and Health Protection at Work 6: The European Social Dialogue 7: Functional Participation Across Stages and Modes of Policy Making Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Stijn Smismans, Smismans Stijn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2004
• EAN: 9780199270309
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927030-9
• No. of pages: 542
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in European Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / Health, Political structures: democracy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, EU (European Union), Employment & Labour Law, Pressure groups & lobbying, Employment and labour law: general, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law