Bureaucrats as law-makers : committee decision-making in the EU Council of Ministers / / Frank M. Hage

• Autore: Hage Frank M.
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.242/222
• Soggetto topico: Decision making - European Union countries; Legislation - European Union countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Bureaucrats as Law-makers Committee decision-making in the EU Council of Ministers; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART I Introduction and background; 1 Bureaucratic decision-making in the Council; Contributions of the study; Research approach and methods; Plan of the book; 2 The Council's committee system; Council committees in EU legislative decision-making; The organisational structure; Long-term trends in Council committee activity; The role, organisation and activities of Council committees ; 3 Existing research on Council decision-makingThe extent of committee decision-making; Committee communication and co-operation patterns; Committee member socialisation; Committee interaction styles; Policy outcomes of Council decision-making; Process characteristics of Council decision-making; Summary of the literature review; 4 Theoretical perspectives on committee decision-making; Preferences, institutions and policy stability; Committee socialisation; Policy uncertainty, salience and delegation; The theoretical arguments in brief; PART II Quantitative analysis; 5 Sample selection ; Selection criteriaSelection procedure; 6 Describing the extent of committee decision-making; Measuring committee decision-making; Results of the descriptive analysis; 7 Explaining the variation in committee decision-making; Operationalisation of variables; Results of the statistical analysis; Summary and discussion; PART III Qualitative analysis; 8 Methodological issues; The complementarity of quantitative and qualitative research; Advantages and disadvantages of a nested design; Case selection criteria; Data sources and collection; 9 Agriculture; Geographical Indications Regulation ; Leaf Tobacco RegulationComparative analysis; Appendix: development of individual negotiation issues; 10 Environment; Ambient Air Directive; Batteries Directive; Comparative analysis; Appendix: development of individual negotiation issues; 11 Economic and Financial Affairs; Parent-Subsidiary Directive; Mergers Directive; Comparative analysis; Appendix: development of individual negotiation issues; 12 Summary and between-sector comparison; Summary of the within-sector comparisons; Between-sector comparison; PART IV Synthesis and conclusion; 13 Discussion of research results and theory building ; Synthesis of the quantitative and qualitative research findingsTowards a procedural theory of Council decision-making; 14 Conclusion; The legitimacy of Council decision-making; Challenges for future research; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Council of Ministers is one of the most powerful institutions of the European Union (EU) and plays a major role in the European policy-making process. Drawing on formal theory and combining quantitative and qualitative methods in an innovative fashion, this book provides novel insights into the role of national bureaucrats in legislative decision-making of the Council of the EU. The book examines and describes the Council of Ministers' committee system and its internal decision-making process. Relying on a wide quantitative dataset as well as six detailed case studies in t
• Titolo autorizzato: Bureaucrats as law-makers
• ISBN: 1-136-25001-8; 1-283-60562-7; 9786613918079; 1-136-25002-6; 0-203-10450-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785744603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies