Committee governance in the European Union

By: Thomas Christiansen (Editor), Emil Kirchner (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 February 2010

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Committees are a pervasive presence in the EU policy process yet little is known about the way in which they operate. This volume, newly available in paperback, 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. The book looks at committees in the context of inter--institutional relations, a focus based on the recognition that the relationships between Commission, Council, Parliament and national authorities -- rather than the institutions themselves -- are crucial to the understanding of European policy--making. Much of that interaction is regularized in various kinds of committees and the book provides an in-depth analysis of the nature and the effects of 'committee governance' in the EU system. A number of case studies (monetary, policy, trade, environment, spatial planning and foreign policy) examine the role of committees in specific areas. These are framed by broader perspectives which provide theoretical, statistical and normative analyses of the phenomenon of committee governance.

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"The authors make clear that which has been obscure in the study of the European Union. This volume will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners for it helps explain the nature of the policy process within the European Union. A real contribution to understanding one of the least explored arenas within the European Union." --Professor Alberta Sbragia, Director of the Center for West European Studies, University of Pittsburgh"Comitology is one of the most important aspects of governance in the European Union, but it is also one of the least researched. This volume presents the most comprehesive, best-informed, and most thoughtful analysis of comitology available today. As such it is required reading for students of European integration." --Gary Marks, Director of the Center for European Studies and Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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