Humanities & Social Sciences

The agency phenomenon in the European Union

Emergence, institutionalisation and everyday decision-making

by Madalina Busuioc, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Martijn Groenleer, Simon Bulmer, Jarle Trondal, Andrew Geddes, Peter Humphreys

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This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the agency phenomenon in the European Union. It takes stock of the emergence and development of EU agencies, providing insight into the characteristics as well as the consequences of the ongoing EU agencification process. The volume traces the varied roots of and routes to agency emergence and institutionalisation. It also analyses everyday decision-making processes within EU-level agencies, notably the management of such agencies, their role in the creation of network structures in European executive governance and in the implementation of EU legislation at the member state level, and the varied sources of agency accountability. The ambition of this volume is to offer an even-handed assessment and explanation of agency creation, design, and evolution at the EU level. The volume is targeted to academics, post-graduate students and practitioners. Chapter authors include Deirdre Curtin, Renaud Dehousse, Morten Egeberg and Thomas Gehring. ;

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Martijn Groenleer is Assistant Professor in public administration at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University; Simon Bulmer is Professor of European Politics at the University of Sheffield; Jarle Trondal is Professor in public administration at University of Agder, and Professor at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo

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  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date May 2012
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9780719085543
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 100 USD
  • Pages208
  • ReadershipCollege/higher education; Professional and scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions234 X 156 Millimeters
  • IllustrationIf the 2 figures need to be redrawn, the data can be plotted from the figures themselves.
  • SeriesEuropean Policy Research Unit
  • Reference CodeIPR6574

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