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Author:   Mark A. Pollack (, University of Wisconsin-Madison and European University Institute)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9780199251179

ISBN 10:   0199251177
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   13 March 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Theory, Hypotheses and Research Design 1: Delegation, Agency and Agenda Setting in the European Union Part I: Delegation and Discretion 2: The Commission as an Agent: Delegation of Executive Power in the EU 3: The Court of Justice as an Agent: Delegation of Judicial Power in the EU 4: The European Parliament an an Outlier: Delegation of Legislative Powers in the EU Part II: Agency and Agenda-Setting 5: Liberalizing Europe: The Commission, the Court, and the Creation of a European Market 6: Regulating Europe: The Commission, the Court, and the Regulation of the European Market Conclusions: A Europe of Agents, A World of Agents

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`POllack's study is based on a full, convincing and recent account of empirical data. The book thus provides a first-class analysis of a complex institutional system.' Blackwell Publishing Book reviews `This book is a dedicated and in many respects an impressive piece of work. It is written in a straight-forward and concise manner. With regard to teaching it is probably too narrow.' Fredrik Soderbaum, Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Peace and Development Research, Goteborg University

What is fresh about this investigation of European Union institutions by Mark Pollack is that it operates within a clear analytic framework provided by principal-agency theory. This has a number of advantages over traditional descriptive accounts ... The book also serves a highly useful purpose in focussing much of the relevant literature on principal-agency theory from both sides of the Atlantic as it applies to the Union. Journal of Public Policy Pollack has written an excellent book from a fresh perspective which provides a most welcome challenge to much conventional writing on the European Union and its institutions. Journal of Public Policy ... will interest scholars, students and policy researchers of EU affairs. KnowEurope

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