Delegation and Accountability in European Integration: The Nordic Parliamentary Democracies and the European Union

ISBN-13: 9780714681153 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str.

Torbjorn Bergman; Erik Damgaard

Opis

The European Union has had an effect on national decision-making and the chain of delegation and accountability in five parliamentary democracies. The country studies here present the most important changes that are taking place as Denmark, Finland and Sweden adapt to EU membership and Iceland and Norway participate in the European Economic Area (EAA). The analyses are based on a principal-agent perspective and the contributors show that a transfer of power from the national level to the supranational level does not necessarily mean that domestic delegation fails or that accountability is lost.

Recenzje

'This book will appeal to all those interested in the impact of the European Union on national level democracy.' - European Access Plus

Spis treści

Introduction: delegation and accountability in European integration, Torbjorn Bergman; the EU, the EEA and domestic accountability - how outside forces affect delegation within member states, Arthur Lupia; the European Union and Danish parliamentary democracy, Erik Damgaard, Asbjorn Sonne Norgaard; building elite consensus - parliamentary accountability in Finland, Tapio Raunio, Matti Wiberg; another link in the chain -the effects of EU membership on delegation and accountability in Sweden, Hans Hegeland, Ingvar Mattson; delegation and accountability in an ambiguous system - Iceland and the European Economic Area (EEA), Svanur Kristjansson, Ragnar Kristjansson; adaptation without EU membership - Norway and the European Economic Area, Hanne Marthe Narud, Kaare Strom. Conclusion: the impact of European integration on Nordic parliamentary democracies, Erik Damgaard.

O autorze

Bergman, Torbjorn; Damgaard, Erik