Committee Goverance in the European Union

by Edited by Thomas Christiansen and Emil Kirchner

• ISBN13: 9780719055522
• ISBN10: 0719055520
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-09-02
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

Committees are a pervasive presence in the EU policy process yet little is known about the way in which they operate. This volume brings together an international group of experts from a number of disciplinary backgrounds to provide a comprehensive account of the role played by committees in the European Union. A number of case studies examine the role of committees in specific areas.

Author Biography

Thomas Christiansen is Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Studies in the Department of International Relations at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Emil Kirchner is Jean Monnet Professor of European Political Integration in the Department of Government at the University of Essex.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables page	vi
List of contributors	vii
Acknowledgements	viii
List of abbreviations	ix
Introduction	1	(22)
Thomas Christiansen
Emil Kirchner
Theoretical perspectives on administrative interaction in the European Union	23	(22)
Andreas Maurer
Jurgen Mittag
Wolfgang Wessels
A cross-sectoral view of comitology: incidence, issues and implications	45	(17)
Rhys Dogan
Parliamentary oversight of executive power: what role for the European Parliament in comitology	62	(17)
Simon Hix
Postcards from the edge of integration? The role of committees in EU environment policy-making	79	(19)
Brendan Flynn
In the maelstrom of change: the Article 113 Committee in the governance of external economic policy	98	(17)
Anna Murphy
The Committee on Spatial Development: formulating a spatial perspective in an institutional vacuum	115	(17)
Andreas Faludi
Wil Zonneveld
Bas Waterhout
Governing by committee: the case of monetary policy	132	(13)
Amy Verdun
Committees in common: committee governance and CFSP	145	(16)
Ben Tonra
Government by committee: three principles of evaluation	161	(10)
Albert Weale
Bibliography	171	(16)
Index	187