Controlling comitology Accountability in a multi-level system /

Comitology is the most important form of multi-level governance in the EU. Member State and Commission actors together create roughly 2,500 executive acts per year amounting to half of all European laws. Using new European and national data, this books argues that its accountability has improved ove...

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Main Authors: Brandsma, Gijs
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in European Union politics
Subjects:
Law
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137319647
Summary: Comitology is the most important form of multi-level governance in the EU. Member State and Commission actors together create roughly 2,500 executive acts per year amounting to half of all European laws. Using new European and national data, this books argues that its accountability has improved over time, but that unexpected gaps have emerged.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137319630, 2013.
Carrier Form: 200 p. : 16 figures, 15.
ISBN: 9781137319630
9781137319647 :
113731964X :
CLC: D956.16
Contents: List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Hidden Power 2. Comitology: The System, the Committees and their Participants 3. Accountability and Multi-Level Governance 4. System Level Accountability: Conflict over Control 5. Committee Level Accountability: System meets Practice 6. Participant Level Accountability: Substantive Talks and Deafening Silence 7. Comitology and Multi-Level Accountability Notes Literature Index.