The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union
The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union

Author: Sverker Gustavsson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-11

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1135220581

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This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability. Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415480994_oachapter1.pdf

Blaming Europe?
Blaming Europe?

Author: Sara B. Hobolt

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014-02

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0199665680

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This book analyzes whether citizens blame and credit European Union (EU) institutions for policy failures and successes, and how that matters when people make decisions about those institutions.

The Political Accountability of EU and US Independent Regulatory Agencies
The Political Accountability of EU and US Independent Regulatory Agencies

Author: Miroslava Scholten

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2015-01-27

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 9004262997

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The Political Accountability of EU and US Independent Regulatory Agencies is an in-depth investigation on the law and practices of the political accountability arrangements of the 35 EU and 16 US independent agencies. The comparative analysis demonstrates similarities between the political accountability arsenals and challenges to political oversight in the EU and the US. The greatest differences are revealed in the organization of the political accountability of independent agencies, i.e., ‘excessive diversity in the EU vs. uniformity in the US’, and the design of accountability obligations. Based on comparative insights, the book concludes with three recommendations on how the EU agencies’ political accountability could be adjusted in the ongoing reform on agencies’ creation and operation.

Accountability in EU Security and Defence
Accountability in EU Security and Defence

Author: Carolyn Moser

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0198844816

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This monograph aims to take an interdisciplinary approach to the questions of who is accountable for the European Union's extraterritorial peacebuilding activities and to whom, combining tools of legal scholarship with insights from political science research.

Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union
Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union

Author: Anthony Arnull

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 9780199257102

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The European Union's growing accountability deficit threatens to undermine its legitimacy; accordingly, member states have agreed to negotiate a new set of Treaty changes in 2004. These essays consider various aspects of accountability and legitimacy in the European Union.

Delegating Responsibility
Delegating Responsibility

Author: Nicholas R. Micinski

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2022-01-18

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0472902792

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Delegating Responsibility explores the politics of migration in the European Union and explains how the EU responded to the 2015–17 refugee crisis. Based on 86 interviews and fieldwork in Greece and Italy, Nicholas R. Micinski proposes a new theory of international cooperation on international migration. States approach migration policies in many ways—such as coordination, collaboration, subcontracting, and unilateralism—but which policy they choose is based on capacity and on credible partners on the ground. Micinski traces the fifty-year evolution of EU migration management, like border security and asylum policies, and shows how EU officials used “crises” as political leverage to further Europeanize migration governance. In two in-depth case studies, he explains how Italy and Greece responded to the most recent refugee crisis. He concludes with a discussion of policy recommendations regarding contemporary as well as long-term aspirations for migration management in the EU.

Accountability in the European Union
Accountability in the European Union

Author: Carol Harlow

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780199245970

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The debate over the democratic deficit of the European Union tends to focus on the legitimacy of the European Parliament. This work approaches the issue from the angle of accountability an essential element of democratic government.

The Real World of EU Accountability
The Real World of EU Accountability

Author: Mark Bovens

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-06-24

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0199587809

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The Real World of EU Accountability examines how the European Union operates in practice and how and where its various institutions are held to account for the decisions they take and the power they wield.

Law Enforcement by EU Authorities
Law Enforcement by EU Authorities

Author: Miroslava Scholten

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-11-24

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1786434636

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EU law and governance have faced a new development – the proliferation of EU enforcement authorities, which have grown in number over the last 15 years. These entities, either acting alone or together with national enforcement authorities, have been investigating and sanctioning private actors on their compliance with EU law. Law Enforcement by EU Authorities investigates whether the system of control (in terms of both judicial and political accountability) has evolved to support the new system of law enforcement in the EU.