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Until today, it is relatively disputed how European integration impacts on domestic associations and the patterns of public-private interactions at the national level. While some predict a withering away of national corporatisms, others predict they would be reinforced. By making organization...
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When aiming at studying the interconnectedness of administrative systems and in particular the integration of domestic governance systems and the institutions of the European Union at least two variables are important to address: (i) the intensity and frequency of cross-level interaction and...
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The Social Protection Committee (SPC) is the main forum for exchanging information and best practices among the member states within the framework of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in the fields of social protection and social inclusion. This implies that looking at how and when the SPC...
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The implementation of European law is widely regarded as a technical matter primarily dealt with in intra-administrative procedures and removed from the impact of public opinion. In European risk regulation, however, public concern can easily become very important, to the point of dominating...
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This paper analyses the potential legitimacy basis of REACH, the new regulatory system for the EC chemicals market. It … threefold legitimacy basis reflects the hybrid nature of the regulatory structure of REACH. It is, however, also argued that the … of an adequate legitimacy basis for transnational regulatory structures. In addition, functional differentiation must be …
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Hardly anywhere is the trend towards a perfection of transnational governance arrangements and their legalization more visible than in international trade. Governance arrangements established through and alongside WTO law are both practically important and theoretically challenging. They do not...
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principle, precaution requires EU regulators to strike a balance between scientific and political legitimacy when taking …
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The paper analyzes the appointment of the European Commission as a strategic game between members of the European Parliament and the Council. The focal equilibrium results in Commissioners that duplicate the policy preferences of national Council representatives. Different internal decision...
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Analyses of strategic agenda-setting in the European Union treat the European Commission as a unitary actor with perfect information. Yet, the constraints for correctly anticipating acceptable policies vary heavily across its individual Directorates-General. Do these internal rifts affect the...
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