Informal Governance in the European Union: How Governments Make International Organizations Work

Mareike Kleine

Published by Cornell University Press 2014

Informal Governance in the European Union

How Governments Make International Organizations Work

Mareike Kleine
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched

https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801469404

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About this book

Kleine provides the first systematic analysis of the parallel development of the formal rules and informal norms that have governed the EU from the 1958 Treaty of Rome until today.

Author / Editor information

Mareike Kleine is University Lecturer in EU Politics at the London School of Economics.

Reviews

Robert Thomson, University of Strathclyde, author of Resolving Controversy in the European Union:

In the well-written and accessible Informal Governance in the European Union, Mareike Kleine presents a general theory of the emergence of informal governance and tests some of the key empirical implications of this theory in the European Union. Her theoretical argument is novel and clearly articulated, and her qualitative analyses examine a broad range of stages of the EU's legislative process.

Mark A. Pollack, Professor of Law and Political Science and Jean Monnet ChairTemple University, author of The Engines of European Integration: Delegation, Agency and Agenda Setting in the European Union:

Informal Governance in the European Union is a fascinating and important book that takes a fundamentally new approach to informal cooperation in international politics. Mareike Kleine theorizes that informal governance norms serve as a means to provide discretion to states facing unexpected domestic political shocks. She deftly explores how these informal politics play out in the European Union, but the implications of the work extend far beyond the EU to many areas of international politics.

Johan Adriaensen:

The author provides a compelling argument for understanding the prevalence of informal governance. Using a clear conceptualization, she exposes various practices in EU policy making that have been documented frequently, but have rarely been studied in a coherent framework....In sum, I recommend Informal Governance in the European Union to students, scholars and practitioners interested in decision making, public administration and international organizations.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1. Liberal Regime Theory Open Access Download PDF	18
2. Formal and Informal Governance in the European Union Open Access Download PDF	36
3. The Commission’s Agenda-Setting Power Open Access Download PDF	59
4. Decision Making in the Council and the Parliament Open Access Download PDF	87
5. The Implementation of EU Policies Open Access Download PDF	108
6. Knowing the Limits Open Access Download PDF	123
7. The Council Presidency as an Adjudicator Open Access Download PDF	133
8. Adjudicatory Authority in Practice Open Access Download PDF	143
Conclusion and Extension Open Access Download PDF	154
Notes Open Access Download PDF	167
Glossary of Institutions, Treaties, and Procedures Open Access Download PDF	177
References Open Access Download PDF	181
Index Open Access Download PDF	209

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 8 tables, 5 charts
Keywords: informal cooperation; international politics; global political culture; european union obligations; european commission; european union regulations; social policy; governance practices

eBook

Published: March 4, 2014
ISBN: 9780801469404