Frank M Häge

Bureaucrats as Law-makers

Committee decision-making in the EU Council of Ministers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Council of Ministers is one of the most powerful institutions of the European Union (EU) and plays a major role in the European policy-making process. Drawing on formal theory and combining quantitative and qualitative methods in an innovative fashion, this book provides novel insights into the role of national bureaucrats in legislative decision-making of the Council of the EU.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781138822245
• ISBN-10: 1138822248
• Artikelnr.: 41754247

Autorenporträt

Frank M Häge is Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction and Background 1.The Study of Council Committees 2.
The Council's Committee System 3. Existing Research on Council
Decision-Making 4.Theoretical Perspectives on Committee Decision-Making
Part 2: Quantitative Analysis 5. Sample Selection 6. Describing the Extent
of Committee Decision-Making 7. Explaining the Variation in Committee
Decision-Making Part 3: Qualitative Analysis 8. Methodological Issues 9.
Agriculture 10. Environment 11. Economic and Financial Affairs 12. Summary
and Between-Sector Comparison Part 4: Synthesis and Conclusion 13.
Discussion of Research Results and Theory Building 14.Conclusion