LEADER 03109oam 2200649I 450 001 9910457676603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610225583 010 $a1-135-75630-9 010 $a1-280-22558-0 010 $a0-203-49990-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203499900 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351302 035 $a(EBL)183196 035 $a(OCoLC)437056442 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265528 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226947 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265528 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10299485 035 $a(PQKB)10243231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC183196 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL183196 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162152 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL22558 035 $a(OCoLC)826515870 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351302 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe unseen hand $eunelected EU legislators /$feditors, Rinus van Schendelen, Roger Scully 210 1$aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. :$cFrank Cass,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (124 p.) 225 1 $aThe library of legislative studies 300 $a"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of the Journal of legislative studies, Volume 8, no. 4 (Winter 2002)"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-7146-5564-3 311 $a0-7146-8445-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; The Unseen Hand: Unelected EU Legislators; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; The European Commission: An Unelected Legislator?; The In-Sourced Experts; Elected Legislators and their Unelected Assistants in the European Parliament; No Simple Dichotomies: Lobbyists and the European Parliament; Out of the Shadows: The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers; Social Pluralism and the European Court of Justice: A Court Between a Rock and a Harde; Conclusions; Abstracts; Index 330 $aWho is really making EU laws and regulations? Formally, and according to most popular accounts, responsibility lies with European politicians who are directly elected (MEPs) or indirectly accountable to elected bodies at the European or national level (council). In practice, however, as this book shows, things can be very different. The real makers of European legislation and rules are frequently unelected and far from the public gaze. This book describes and evaluates the role of many such unseen lawmakers, including commission officials, experts from national governments and companies, lobby 410 0$aLibrary of legislative studies. 606 $aLegislation$zEuropean Union countries 607 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLegislation 676 $a341.242/2 701 $aSchendelen$b M. P. C. M. van$f1944-$0247375 701 $aScully$b Roger$0600766 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457676603321 996 $aThe unseen hand$92051898 997 $aUNINA