Download or read book EU Committees as Influential Policymakers written by M. P. C. M. van Schendelen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book addresses the question of how and where EU decisions are taken. There are about 1000 decisions each year. The Commission's legislative programme is limited, 16 proposals in 1997, 31 in 1998, therefore the great majority are taken elsewhere mainly in committees. Business is becoming increasingly aware of the role and influence of committees but increasingly frustrated because they are so 'secretive'. Committees do not publish their membership, agendas or minutes. This research will aim to shed some light on the process.
Download or read book Organising the European Parliament written by Nikoleta Yordanova and published by ECPR Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent empowerment of the European Parliament makes this a timely study of the impact of its internal organisation on legislative politics, interest representation and democracy within the Union. Using data on all legislators and legislative proposals in the 6th parliamentary term, the book confronts alternative theories of legislative organisation in rigorous statistical analyses supported by rich interview information. The findings indicate that the internal setup and legislative output of the parliamentary committees serve the policy goals of parties in the European Parliament, and in particular the working majority party, rather than special interests or purely informational needs, which the author explains with the formal and informal parliamentary rules. As the committees advance party politics instead of particularistic policies, she concludes that legislating within the committees is positive for democracy in the European Union and raises concerns about the loss in transparency, legitimacy and accountability that the increasingly common fast-track bicameral decision-making outside the committees entails.
Download or read book The Role of Committees in the Policy process of the European Union written by Thomas Christiansen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive account of the role of the advisory, legislative and implementation committees involved in the policy-making process of the European Union. This is an aspect of EU politics that is often overlooked and remains under-researched, even though such committees can have wide-ranging influence in the policy-process. The group of international scholars contributing to this volume are all experts in their field, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds including political science, law and public administration. The volume combines contributions to a discussion of the normative issues arising from the nature of 'committee governance' in the EU with more empirical contributions on the role of committees in each of the stages of the EU policy-process: policy-preparation, legislative decision-making, policy-implementation and adjudication. The result is a text that provides not only a thorough overview of the role of committees in the EU today but also contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature of European governance. The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union will find its audience in final year undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers of European studies and politics. Practitioners, NGOs and lobbyists involved in the work of the EU will all find this a uniquely useful book.
Download or read book Shaping EU Policy from Below written by Simona Piattoni and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the way in which the Committee of the Regions (CoR) can influence EU policy making from below, despite its relatively weak position in the decision-making process. Bringing together theoretical arguments about the central role of the formation of judgment in addition to the more conventionally emphasized expression of will, with an up-to-date account of the CoR's institutional development and activities, Simona Piattoni and Justus Schönlau make a strong case not to overlook the significance of the Committee's contribution to EU-level democracy.
Download or read book Lobbying in the European Parliament written by Maja Kluger Dionigi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains when and how interest groups are influential in the European Parliament, which has become one of the most important lobbying venues in the EU. Yet we know little about the many ways in which interest groups and lobbyists influence parliamentary politics. The author offers insights on four key cases of lobbying, based on the analysis of EU documents, lobbying letters, and 150 interviews. She argues that lobbying success depends on a number of factors, most notably the degree of counter-lobbying, issue salience, and committee receptiveness. These factors are brought together in the framework of “Triple-I” - interests, issues, and institutions – to determine the success or failure of lobbying. This book will be of use to students and scholars interested in EU politics and governance, EU decision-making, and interest group politics, along with policy-makers and practitioners.
Download or read book Consultative Committees in the European Union written by Diana Panke and published by ECPR Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How, and under which conditions, can consultative committees exert influence if they have access to legislators (voice) but no formal veto power (vote)? In drawing on the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Union, this book shows that consultative committees face several challenges when it comes to influencing the content of policies, but are nevertheless sometimes successful in getting their opinions heard. It develops a sender-receiver model and puts it to a comprehensive empirical test. A quantitative analysis and three in-depth case studies on the European citizens’ initiative, the European grouping of territorial cooperation and the Liberalisation of Community Postal Services show how capacities, incentives and preferences of consultative committees and legislative decision-makers need to be configured to allow for the influence of the CoR and the EESC.
Download or read book Business Lobbying in the European Union written by David Coen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when Europe and business stand at crossroads, this study provides a perspective into how business representation in the EU has evolved and valuable insights into how to organize lobbying strategies and influence policy-making. Uniquely, the authors analyze business lobbying in Brussels by drawing on insights from political science, public management, and business studies. At the macro level, we explore over 30 years of increasing business lobbying and explore the emergence of a distinct European business-government relations style. At the meso level, we assess how the role of EU institution, policy types, and the policy cycle shape the density and diversity of business lobbying activity. Finally, at the micro level we seek to explore how firms organize their political affairs functions and mobilized strategic political responses. The study uses a variety of methods to analysis the business government relations drawing on unique business and policy-maker surveys; in-depth case studies and elite interviews; large statistical analysis of lobbying registers to assess density and diversity across policy areas and EU institutions; and managerial career path and organizational analysis to assess corporate political capabilities. In contributing to discussions on corporate political strategy and interest groups activity, this monograph should be of interest to public policy scholars, policy-makers, and businesses managers seeking to understand EU government affair and political representation.
Download or read book Legislative Organisation of the European Parliament written by Nikoleta Yordanova and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Europe in 12 Lessons written by Pascal Fontaine and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The European Commission Expert Groups and the Policy Process written by Julia Metz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the assumption that policy makers' work with advisory committees is emblematic of technocratic governance. Analyzing how and why the European Commission uses expert groups in the policy process, it shows that experts not only solve technical problems, but also function as political devices and negotiators in modern governance.
Download or read book Business Lobbying in the European Union written by David Coen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-24 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book systematically maps and assesses business lobbying in the European Union, drawing from political science and business studies.
Download or read book Influence and Interests in the European Union written by Jenny Fairbrass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly discusses the impact and uses of interest representation in the development of the EU system. * Examines the complexities of representation at EU level, a vital issue for potential lobbyists and interest groups * Charts new trends and issues such as enlargement, Europeanization and Central and Eastern Europe * Contributions by acknowledged experts with a proven track record of research and publication in this field, including seven current and past practitioners of EU politics with experience as lobbyists from either institutional, NGO or corporate perspectives * Places interest representation in its historical and theoretical context.
Download or read book The EU Comitology System in Theory and Practice written by Jens Blom-Hansen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EU law consists of several thousand acts of which the overwhelming majority are made by the Commission. The Commission is controlled by comitology, a system of committees of member state representatives that are consulted when new acts are proposed. This book looks at why the system was created, how it functions and how it has evolved.
Download or read book EU Administrative Governance written by Herwig C.H. Hofmann and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a unique contribution to the understanding of the reality of government and governance in the European Union.
Download or read book Lobbying in the European Union written by Heike Klüver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of lobbyists lobby decision-makers in Brussels every day, but little is known about their impact on policy. Lobbying in the European Union addresses this research gap and analyzes the conditions under which interest groups can successfully lobby the European institutions.
Download or read book Framing Europe written by Mark Rhinard and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in International Institutional Dynamics, 3 (International Studies Library, 24) Public policymaking increasingly takes place on an international stage, drawing attention to how international bureaucracies set agendas and shape policy outcomes. This book focuses on the European Union and reveals a key strategy used to influence policymaking by one of its central institutions, the European Commission. While most scholarship on the Commission examines its formal means of influence, this book demonstrates how the Commission employs a more informal method of "strategic framing" to manipulate the ideational framework in which policymaking takes place. This method helps the Commission to privilege certain actors, institutional processes, and policy goals in pursuit of preferred outcomes. The effects of strategic framing are examined in four cases of policy change in the fields of agriculture and biotechnology. "Mark Rhinard has produced a significant study of policymaking in the European Union. He points to the complex interactions of ideas and institutions in making policy. The work is especially important for linking ideas of social construction with theories of the policy process. This book deserves reading by all students of the EU and public policy." - B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh - Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Frequently Used Acronyms Chapter One: Introduction PART ONE: EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Chapter Two: The European Commission and the EU Policy Process Chapter Three: Strategic Framing PART TWO: REFORMING THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY, 1988-2003 Chapter Four: A Crack in the Armor: EU Agricultural Reform, 1988-1992 Chapter Five: Building On Momentum: EU Agricultural Reform, 1993-2003 PART THREE: MAKING BIOTECHNOLOGY POLICY IN THE EU, 1980-2001 Chapter Six: "Hijacking In Progress" EU Biotechnology Laws, 1980-1990 Chapter Seven: Backlash Towards EU Biotechnology Policy, 1991-2001 PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS Chapter Eight: Conclusions: Framing As Strategy Works Cited Index About the Author(s)/Editor(s) Mark Rhinard (PhD, Cambridge) is Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs where he leads the Europe Research Program. He has published extensively on the European Union in scholarly texts and journals.
Download or read book Understanding European Union Institutions written by Alex Warleigh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the institutions of the European Union is vital to understanding how it functions. This book provides students with a user-friendly introduction to the main institutions, and explains their different roles in the functioning and development of the European Union. Key features: * introduces and explains the functions of all the main institutions dividing them into those that have a policy-making role, those that oversee and regulate, and those that operate in an advisory capacity * provides students with an overview of the history of the European Union and the development of its institutions and considers their continuing importance to the success of the European Union * clearly written by experienced and knowledgeable teachers of the subject * presented in a student friendly format, providing boxed concepts and summaries, guides to further reading, figures and flowcharts, and a glossary of terms.
