03445oam 2200709Mn 450 991078432060332120221216110843.01-135-76896-X1-135-76897-81-280-22435-597866102243570-203-00598-8(CKB)1000000000351343(EBL)201245(OCoLC)252723934(SSID)ssj0000223941(PQKBManifestationID)11186114(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223941(PQKBWorkID)10183367(PQKB)10101381(Au-PeEL)EBL201245(CaPaEBR)ebr10162707(CaONFJC)MIL22435(OCoLC)1066424035(OCoLC-P)1066424035(FlBoTFG)9780203005989(MiAaPQ)EBC201245(PPN)198463219(EXLCZ)99100000000035134320071003d2004 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrThe Politics of DelegationNew York RoutledgeJune 2004Ipswich Ebsco Publishing [distributor]1 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7146-8443-0 0-7146-5561-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.THE POLITICS OF DELEGATION; Copyright; Content; Foreword; Theory and Practice of Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions; Delegation to Supranational Institutions: Why, How, and with What Consequences?; Rational Fictions: Central Bank Independence and the Social Logic of Delegation; Constitutional Courts and Parliamentary Democracy; Institutional Choice and Bureaucratic Autonomy in Germany; Delegation to Independent Regulatory Agencies: Pressures, Functions and Contextual Mediation; The Unanticipated Consequences of Creating Independent Competition AgenciesJudicial Delegation Doctrines: The US, Britain, and FranceLearning from the Americanists (Again): Theory and Method in the Study of Delegation; Abstracts; Notes on Contributors; IndexThere is a growing interest in delegation to non-majoritarian institutions in Europe, following both the spread of principal-agent theory in political science and law and increasing delegation in practice. During the 1980s and 1990s, governments and parliaments in West European nations have delegated powers and functions to non-majoritarian bodies - the EU, independent central banks, constitutional courts and independent regulatory agencies. Whereas elected policymakers had been increasing their roles over several decades, delegation involves a remarkable reversal or at least transformation ofDelegation of powersEuropeRepresentative government and representationEuropeLegitimacy of governmentsEuropeDelegation of powersUnited StatesDelegation of powersRepresentative government and representationLegitimacy of governmentsDelegation of powers320.44/04Thatcher Mark1568560Stone-Sweet AlecOCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910784320603321The Politics of Delegation3840770UNINA