Overview

The Council of Ministers is one of the most powerful institutions of the European Union (EU) and is supported by more than 250 working parties and senior committees. The Council's committee system plays a major role in its internal decision-making process and has a vast influence on legislative decisions in the EU. This book examines and describes the Council of Ministers committee system and its internal decision-making process. It investigates the extent to which bureaucrats in working parties and committees, rather than ministers, make legislative decisions in the EU and the implications of this for the democratic legitimacy of Council decision-making. Drawing on a wealth of novel quantitative and qualitative information, this book features six comparative case studies of decision-making processes in the areas of common agricultural policy, environmental policy and taxation. It will be of interest to students, researchers and practioners of European Union politics and policy-making, as well as scholars investigating the effects of formal and informal rules, international socialization, and issue characteristics on policy-making in domestic, European, and other international settings.

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Author:   Frank Häge (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780415689670

ISBN 10:   0415689678
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   23 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction and Background 1.The Study of Council Committees 2. The Council’s Committee System 3. Existing Research on Council Decision-Making 4.Theoretical Perspectives on Committee Decision-Making Part 2: Quantitative Analysis 5. Sample Selection 6. Describing the Extent of Committee Decision-Making 7. Explaining the Variation in Committee Decision-Making Part 3: Qualitative Analysis 8. Methodological Issues 9. Agriculture 10. Environment 11. Economic and Financial Affairs 12. Summary and Between-Sector Comparison Part 4: Synthesis and Conclusion 13. Discussion of Research Results and Theory Building 14.Conclusion

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Frank M Häge is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

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