LEADER 03482nam 22007214a 450 001 9910814105403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-76896-X 010 $a1-135-76897-8 010 $a1-280-22435-5 010 $a9786610224357 010 $a0-203-00598-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351343 035 $a(EBL)201245 035 $a(OCoLC)252723934 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223941 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186114 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223941 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183367 035 $a(PQKB)10101381 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201245 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162707 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL22435 035 $a(OCoLC)1066424035 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1066424035 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780203005989 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201245 035 $a(PPN)198463219 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351343 100 $a20030429d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe politics of delegation /$feditors, Mark Thatcher, Alec Stone Sweet 210 $aLondon ;$aPortland, OR $cFrank Cass$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7146-8443-0 311 $a0-7146-5561-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTHE 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 Agencies 327 $aJudicial Delegation Doctrines: The US, Britain, and FranceLearning from the Americanists (Again): Theory and Method in the Study of Delegation; Abstracts; Notes on Contributors; Index 330 $aThere 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 of 606 $aDelegation of powers$zEurope 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zEurope 606 $aLegitimacy of governments$zEurope 606 $aDelegation of powers$zUnited States 615 0$aDelegation of powers 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 615 0$aLegitimacy of governments 615 0$aDelegation of powers 676 $a320.44/04 701 $aThatcher$b Mark$01699165 701 $aStone Sweet$b Alec$0254673 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814105403321 996 $aThe politics of delegation$94200945 997 $aUNINA