Accountability And European Governance

Author : Deirdre Curtin,Peter Mair,Yannis Papadopoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317999560

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Accountability and European Governance by Deirdre Curtin,Peter Mair,Yannis Papadopoulos Pdf

In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central focus the role of accountability in democratic governance, and attempts to position a broad understanding of the notion of accountability within the overall context of the evolving political system of governance in Europe and in particular of the European Union. Bringing together new work by some of the leading scholars in the field, this volume considers the relationship between accountability and a wide range of other themes in European governance such as problems of representation, transparency, bureaucracy, and transnational relations. The volume also deals with the role of accountability in multi-level governance, and its relationship to both direct democracy and civil society. This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Author : Alessandra Arcuri,Florin Coman-Kund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000390148

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Technocracy and the Law by Alessandra Arcuri,Florin Coman-Kund Pdf

Technocratic law and governance is under fire. Not only populist movements have challenged experts. NGOs, public intellectuals and some academics have also criticized the too close relation between experts and power. While the amount of power gained by experts may be contested, it is unlikely and arguably undesirable that experts will cease to play an influential role in contemporary regulatory regimes. This book focuses on whether and how experts involved in policymaking can and should be held accountable. The book, divided into four parts, combines theoretical analysis with a wide variety of case studies expounding the challenges of holding experts accountable in a multilevel setting. Part I offers new perspectives on accountability of experts, including a critical comparison between accountability and a virtue-ethical framework for experts, a reconceptualization of accountability through the rule of law prism and a discussion of different ways to operationalize expert accountability. Parts I–IV, organized around in-depth case studies, shed light on the accountability of experts in three high-profile areas for technocratic governance in a European and global context: economic and financial governance, environmental/health and safety governance, and the governance of digitization and data protection. By offering fresh insights into the manifold aspects of technocratic decisionmaking and suggesting new avenues for rethinking expert accountability within multilevel governance, this book will be of great value not only to students and scholars in international and EU law, political science, public administration, science and technology studies but also to professionals working within EU institutions and international organizations.

Author : Mark Bovens,Deirdre Curtin,Paul 't Hart
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191615283

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The Real World of EU Accountability by Mark Bovens,Deirdre Curtin,Paul 't Hart Pdf

The Real World of EU Accountability reports the findings of a major empirical study into patterns and practices of accountability in European governance. The product of a 4-year, path-breaking project, this book assesses to what extent and how the people that populate the key arenas where European public policy is made or implemented are held accountable. Using a systematic analytical framework, it examines not just the formal accountability arrangements but also documents and compares how these operate in practice. In doing so, it provides a unique, empirically grounded contribution to the pivotal but often remarkably fact-free debate about democracy and accountability in European governance. With four empirical chapters covering the Commission and its agencies, the European Council, and Comitology committees, it shows that a web of formal accountability arrangements has been woven around most of them, but that the extent to which the relevant accountability forums actually use the oversight possibilities offered to them varies markedly: some forums lack the institutional resources, others the willingness. But in those cases where both are on the increase, as in the European Parliament's efforts vis a vis the European Commission, fundamentally healthy accountability relationships are developing. Although ex-post accountability is only part of the larger equation determining the democratic quality of European governance, this study suggests that at least in this area, the EU is slowly but surely reducing its 'democratic deficit'.

Author : Menelaos Markakis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192583956

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Accountability in the Economic and Monetary Union by Menelaos Markakis Pdf

Following the financial and public debt crisis, the EU's Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been under intense political scrutiny. The measures adopted in response to the crisis have granted additional powers to the EU (and national) authorities, the exercise of which can have massive implications for the economies of the Member States, financial institutions and, of course, citizens. The following questions arise: how can we hold accountable those institutions that are exercising power at the national and EU level? What is the appropriate level, type and degree of accountability and transparency that should be involved in the development of the EU's governance structures in the areas of fiscal and economic governance and the Banking Union? What is the role of parliaments and courts in holding those institutions accountable for the exercise of their duties? Is the revised EMU framework democratically legitimate? How can we bridge the gap between the citizens - and the institutions that represent them - and those institutions that are making these important decisions in the field of economic and monetary policy? This book principally examines the mechanisms for political and legal accountability in the EMU and the Banking Union. It examines the implications that the reforms of EU economic governance have had for the locus and strength of executive power in the Union, as well as the role of parliaments (and other political fora) and courts in holding the institutions acting in this area accountable for the exercise of their tasks. It further sets out several proposals regarding transparency, accountability, and legitimacy in the EMU.

Author : Deirdre Curtin,Ramses A. Wessel
Publisher : Intersentia nv
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : 9789050953818

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Good Governance and the European Union by Deirdre Curtin,Ramses A. Wessel Pdf

This book approaches the notion of good governance from three different angles. First it establishes whether it is a meaningful notion at all by taking a closer look at the parameters of good governance. Secondly, the authors look at the institutional translation of the criteria of good governance. In a third dimension, the concept may be analysed in relation to a number of substantive issues.

Author : Yannis Papadopoulos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9186107976

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Political Accountability in EU Multi-level Governance by Yannis Papadopoulos Pdf

Author : Johan P. Olsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198800606

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Democratic Accountability, Political Order, and Change by Johan P. Olsen Pdf

This volume examines the theorization of democratic accountability and what accountability processes tell us about political order and orderly change.

Author : Sverker Gustavsson,Christer Karlsson,Thomas Persson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135220587

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The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union by Sverker Gustavsson,Christer Karlsson,Thomas Persson Pdf

This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability. Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415480994_oachapter1.pdf

Author : A. Bianculli,J. Jordana,Xavier Fernández-i-Marín
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137349583

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Accountability and Regulatory Governance by A. Bianculli,J. Jordana,Xavier Fernández-i-Marín Pdf

This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls and responsibilities in the politics of regulation and through a systematic exploration of the various mechanisms through which accountability in regulatory governance

Author : A. Héritier,M. Rhodes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230306455

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New Modes of Governance in Europe by A. Héritier,M. Rhodes Pdf

Based on the research of the EU-6th framework funded research consortium on 'New Modes of Governance in the European Union', this volume explores the roots, execution and applications of new forms of governance and evaluates their success.

Author : Madalina Busuioc
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191650932

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European Agencies by Madalina Busuioc Pdf

European agencies have been created at a rapid pace in recent years in a multitude of highly pertinent and sensitive fields ranging from pharmaceuticals and aviation safety to chemicals or financial supervision. This agency phenomenon shows no signs of relenting, and the trend in recent years is towards the delegation of ever-broader powers. These bodies, meant to operate at arm's length from political control, have real power and their opinions and decisions can have a direct impact on individuals, regulators, and member states. Given the powers wielded by the agencies, who is responsible for holding these non-majoritarian actors to account? Is the growing concern surrounding agency accountability 'much ado about nothing' or are we faced with the threat of a powerful and unaccountable bureaucracy? These are precisely the questions that this book seeks to answer. It thus addresses one of the most relevant topics in current European governance: the accountability of European agencies. Scholars have increasingly called attention to the risk of placing too much power in the hands of such agencies, which operate at arm's length from traditional controls and cannot easily be held accountable for their actions. Although this is a major issue of concern, systematic empirical research into the topic is lacking. This book addresses empirically whether, and if so on what counts, agency accountability is problematic. It examines how the accountability system of European agencies operates at both the de jure as well as the de facto level, through an examination of legal provisions, relevant case law as well as policy documents and extensive interview material. Reflecting on these findings, the book also offers important theoretical insights for our understanding and study of accountability in a complex regulatory regime such as the EU context. The book follows a multi-disciplinary approach and is at the cutting edge of law and public administration.

Author : Paul Stephenson,María-Luisa Sánchez-Barrueco,Hartmut Aden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000223552

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Financial Accountability in the European Union by Paul Stephenson,María-Luisa Sánchez-Barrueco,Hartmut Aden Pdf

This book offers comprehensive coverage of various aspects of financial accountability around the EU budget – how it is spent via policies, how institutions engage in checking policy performance (what taxpayers’ money actually delivers), and therein, the issues of monitoring, controlling, auditing, scrutinising and communicating budgetary expenditure. Presenting conceptual and theoretical approaches including financial accountability, learning, multi-level governance, implementation and throughput legitimacy, it looks at EU institutions (European Parliament, European Court of Auditors, European Ombudsman, European Public Prosecutor’s Office) and national bodies (supreme audit institutions at the national level), examining their contact with the EU budget. It details the historical development of accountability mechanisms (the ‘statement of assurance’, financial corrections, and parliamentary oversight by the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT)), and examines policy areas such as those of agriculture, social policy and cohesion (including Structural Funds and the Common Agricultural Policy), exploring the challenges of financial accountability in practice. Given the recent introduction of non-budgetary financial instruments and tools only partly financed by the EU budget, it sheds light on new burgeoning areas such as the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and the challenges they bring for ensuring the accountability of public money. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of audit and evaluation, budgetary spending and financial control and, more broadly, public administration, public policy and EU institutions and politics.

Author : J. DeBardeleben,A. Hurrelmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230591783

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Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance by J. DeBardeleben,A. Hurrelmann Pdf

Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide.

Author : Anthony Arnull,Daniel Wincott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199257108

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Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union by Anthony Arnull,Daniel Wincott Pdf

The European Union's growing accountability deficit threatens to undermine its legitimacy; accordingly, member states have agreed to negotiate a new set of Treaty changes in 2004. These essays consider various aspects of accountability and legitimacy in the European Union.

Author : Beate Kohler-Koch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191530852

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Linking EU and National Governance by Beate Kohler-Koch Pdf

European governance ranks high on the present research agenda on Europe and has attracted considerable attention in public debate in the course of the past decade. This book takes a special approach as it highlights the multi-faceted interconnectedness of EU and national governance that comes with public policy making in the European space. The volume is a well chosen selection from the research of leading European scholars. These scholars provide an insight into the current debate on European governance by using state-of-the art, theory-orientated empirical research. The individual chapters give evidence of the functioning and the deficiencies of the penetrated system of governance that has emerged within the European Union. The spreading of competence across different levels and multiple arenas has created a dense and complex network of trans-national negotiations, shifting attention and resources from the national to the European space. European governance puts national governments under considerable pressure to live up to the competing demands of efficient performance and democratic accountability. Though member-states all face the same challenge, they have responded with different kinds of strategies. EU involvement has contributed to the restructuring of the relationship between the legislative and the executive and touches upon the equilibrium between the political and the economic sphere. It influences the interactions between political actors on the one hand and societal actors and the public on the other. The contributions highlight the diverse mechanisms which link EU and national governance and demonstrate the constraints but also the readiness and capacity of political bodies to adapt to demands from their environment. While the volume documents the sensitivity and vulnerability which is associated with interdependent governance, it also gives evidence of learning processes and successful adjustment which is achieved by developing a differentiated and flexible intitutional setting and which allows for further integration. Apart from this more functional view, individual chapters look at the penetrated system of European governance from a normative perspective and investigate the prospect of improving parliamentary accountability and the formation of a European public space.