Political accountability and European integration

Political accountability and European integration

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Published:Groningen : Europa Law Publ., 2009
Persons: Verhey, Luc -, Kiiver, Philipp, Loeffen, Sandor, Verhey, Lucas F. M. <<[Hrsg.]>>
Format: Book / Printed Book / Conference paper
Language:English
Physical description:X, 171 S
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Based on contributions to an international conference held in Maastricht, Netherlands, in March 2008. - Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:9789089520555
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992 |a IMAGE 1 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION EDITED BY LUC VERHEY, PHILIPP KIIVER & SANDOR LOEFFEN IMAGE 2 CONTENTS AUTHORS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION LUC VERHEY, PHILIPP KIIVER, SANDOR LOEFFEN 1 INTRODUCTION 2 BACKGROUND: A 'IUS COMMUNE' OF POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY 3 U N D E R S T A N D I NG ACCOUNTABILITY: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH 4 T HE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 5 REFLECTING ON POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY A ND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION CHAPTER 2 EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY: A KEY C O N C E PT DAWN OLIVER 1 ACCOUNTABILITY IN CONTEXT: G O OD GOVERNANCE N 2 T HE EXECUTIVE 12 3 T HE CONCEPT OF ACCOUNTABILITY 14 4 ACCOUNTABILITY TO ELECTED POLITICIANS 21 5 ACCOUNTABILITY TO T HE PUBLIC OR SECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC 23 6 ACCOUNTABILITY TO C O U R TS A ND T R I B U N A LS 24 7 ACCOUNTABILITY TO AUDITORS, INSPECTORS A ND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES 25 8 T HE ACCOUNTABILITY OF A C C O U N T E ES 28 9 W E BS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 28 10 SOME CONCLUSIONS 29 CHAPTER 3 THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS, CHECKS AND BALANCES BETWEEN THE EU AND THE MEMBER STATES JIT PETERS 33 1 INTRODUCTION 35 2 T HE EVER-EXPANDING C O M P E T E N C ES OF T HE U N I ON 36 3 YELLOW A ND O R A N GE C A R DS 38 4 THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS 39 5 DO NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS EXIST? 40 6 SUBSIDIARITY AS POLITICAL PRINCIPLE 41 7 OTHER COUNTERVAILING POWERS? 42 8 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE ON SUBSIDIARITY IN THE NETHERLANDS 43 9 STRENGTHENING NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS 45 10 CONCLUSIONS 46 IMAGE 3 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION CHAPTER 4 I 2 CHAPTER 5 I 2 3 4 5 5- 1 5.2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5.6 5-7 6 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 ACCOUNTABILITY TO NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION PHILIPP KIIVER 49 DEMOCRACY VERSUS CHECKS AND BALANCES 51 AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AGENDA 52 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY: A USEFUL CONCEPT IN EU INTER- INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS? LUC VERHEY 55 INTRODUCTION 57 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY. TWO BASIC MODELS 59 THE 'PARLIAMENT-ORIENTED' MODEL 59 
992 |a T HE ' G O V E R N M E N T - O R I E N T E D' M O D EL OF POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY 61 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTABILITY 6Z WHY COULD GENERAL PRINCIPLES BE USEFUL? 6Z A CLEAR DEFINITION OF POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY 6 3 EVADING ACCOUNTABILITY 6 4 COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY 6 5 A CLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND 66 REDUCING FRAGMENTATION OF THE EXECUTIVE 6 ? FOCUSING ON THE QUALITY OF THE ACCOUNT 68 CONCLUDING REMARKS 6 9 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN EUROPE VEITH MEHDE V THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT MICHAEL SHACKLETON 79 NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AND POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN EUROPE JAN JACOB VAN DIJK 85 POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS AND THE REINVENTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FROM TECHNICAL TO "GOOD GOVERNANCE" A N C H R IT WILLE 9 1 INTRODUCTION 93 T HE C O M M I S S I O N: TECHNOCRATIC POLITICIANS A ND POLITICIZED BUREAUCRATS 93 IMAGE 4 3 REFORMING T HE EUROPEAN C O M M I S S I ON 95 4 T HE COLLEGE OF C O M M I S S I O N E R S: T HE EVOLUTION TO A POLITICAL EXECUTIVE 97 5 ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS: DEPOLITICIZING TO CONTROL 101 6 CONCLUSION 104 CHAPTER 10 T HE E U R O P E AN C O M M I S S I ON IN T HE EARLY 21 S ' CENTURY; SOME REFLECTIONS ON 'POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS AND THE REINVENTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION* BY ANCHRIT WILLE THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN 109 CHAPTER 11 SOME REMARKS CONCERNING COMMISSIONERS; COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN CONTEXT, TEMPORARY COMMITTEES OF INQUIRY, POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE AND NEUTRALITY WALTER VAN GERVEN 115 CHAPTER 12 THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: THE MISSING LINK? DEIRDRE CURTIN 125 1 INTRODUCTION 127 2 T HE LINK WITH T HE NATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEMS: POLITICAL REPRESENTATION 127 3 T HE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AS LEGISLATURE 129 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS 133 CHAPTER 13 EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE LISBON TREATY; NIHIL NOVI SUB SOLE? BRUNO DE WITTE 137 1 INTRODUCTION: T HE ABSENCE OF A G R A ND INSTITUTIONAL REFORM 139 2 
992 |a NEW ACCOUNTABILITY PROBLEMS FOR EU FOREIGN RELATIONS 141 3 T HE NEW BUT INCOMPLETE TYPOLOGY OF EXECUTIVE ACTS 144 4 GREATER VISIBILITY OF EU EXECUTIVE POWER? 148 CHAPTER 14 EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CONTESTABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE DOMAIN PAUL CRAIG 153 1 T HE UK 156 (A) T HE DELINEATION A ND CONTESTABILITY OF EXECUTIVE F U N C T I O NS 156 (B) T HE IDENTIFICATION OF T HE EXECUTIVE 161 (C) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR T HE EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE POWER 163 IMAGE 5 POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 2 T HE EU 165 (A) THE DELINEATION AND CONTESTABILITY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS 165 (B) T HE IDENTIFICATION OF T HE EXECUTIVE 169 (C) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR T HE EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE POWER 171 
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