Comitology

delegation of powers in the European Union and the Committee System

In almost all fields of cooperation that are covered by the EC Treaty, the formal competence to adopt legislation has been assigned to the Council (which must normally collaborate with the European Parliament), and in order to separate powers, the formal competence to prepare the ...

Doce años de esfuerzo por la democracia en Europa

el mecanismo de control de la Asamblea Parlamentaria del Consejo de Europa, 1993-2005

Dictionnaire des élections europeennes

Comment se déroulent les élections au suffrage universel direct des parlementaires européens? Comment comprendre les résultats électoraux des scrutins européens depuis 1979? Quelles sont les modalités pratiques et symboliques mises en ouvre lors des élections du Parlement européen? Quelles conséquences politiques et identitaires ces élections ...

Die Europäische Aktiengesellschaft

Umsetzungsfragen und Perspektiven

The European Union and e-Voting

addressing the European Parliament's internet voting challenge

The European Union and E- Voting investigates one of the latest potential changes in the 'technology of democracy' - electronic voting. It explores how it may impact on traditional mechanisms of democratic participation, raising issues that go to the very core of contemporary governance. Among the ...

Politics and the European Commission

actors, interdependence, legitimacy

The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise', however, and by using the results of original research ...

Changing institutions in the European Union

a public choice perspective

This book makes a valuable, analytical contribution to recent debates on the ongoing institutional changes occurring within the European Union. It provides a comprehensive and diverse insight into a variety of areas, including in-depth studies of fiscal, monetary and voting issues, to help elucidate the ...

The changing European Commission

How successful has Romano Prodi been in reviving the European Commission after the crisis of 1999? What impact has he made on the operation of the College of Commissioners and how successful was the reform of the administrative machinery of this key organisation? In addition ...

Gobernanza multinivel en la Unión Europea

La emergencia del nuevo orden político europeo ha generado una dinámica del cambio intitucional. Se trata de nuevos paradigmas, pricipios, normas, recursos y modos de actuación cuyos impactos penetran en los distintos sistemas estatales, alterando la división de las competencias, las relaciones entre los niveles ...

Le parlement à l'épreuve de l'europe et de la Ve République

L'accord conclu le 18 juin 2001 sur le projet de traité établissant une Constitution pour l'Europe ouvre la perspective d'une participation accrue des Parlements nationaux aux activités de l'Union européenne. Pour autant, seul l'avenir nous dira - sous la réserve que ...

Law and governance in an enlarged European Union

This book's principal aim is to critically address the institutional and substantive legal issues resulting from European enlargement, concentrating on the legal foundations on which the enlarged Union is being built. The accession of new Member States creates the potential for a stronger and ...

Law, legitimacy, and european governance

functional participation in social regulation

This volume examines the role of law in increasing the legitimacy of European decision-making by structuring and facilitating diverse forms of participation, representation, and deliberation whilst ensuring transparency and accountability. The democratic deficit and the legitimacy of the European Union have attracted the attention of ...

El poder presupuestario del Parlamento Europeo

«Quien controla el dinero se hace con el poder». Ésta ha sido la clave de la conducta del Parlamento Europeo desde que recibió en los años setenta el poder presupuestario de las Comunidades Europeas, al tiempo que éstas lograban la autonomía financiera respecto de los ...

Ordinamento comunitario e Unione Europea

Sesta edizione aggiornata al 1º gennaio 2003 ridotta per glo studenti deo corsi di laurea triennale.

The European Parliament

Agencies in European and comparative perspective

Informal governance in the European Union

Institutions de l'union Européenne

Las dimensiones regional y local en el establecimiento de nuevas formas de gobernanza en Europa

The unseen hand

unelected EU legislators