1st Edition

The Politics of Delegation

Edited By Alec Stone Sweet, Mark Thatcher Copyright 2003
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

There is a growing interest in delegation to non-majoritarian institutions in Europe, following both the spread of principal-agent theory in political science and law and increasing delegation in practice. During the 1980s and 1990s, governments and parliaments in West European nations have delegated powers and functions to non-majoritarian bodies - the EU, independent central banks,... Read more
Chapter 1 Theory and Practice of Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions, MarkThatcher, Alec StoneSweet; Chapter 2 Delegation to Supranational Institutions: Why, How, and with What Consequences?, JonasTallberg; Chapter 3 Rational Fictions: Central Bank Independence and the Social Logic of Delegation, Kathleen R.McNamara; Chapter 4 Constitutional Courts and Parliamentary Democracy, Alec StoneSweet; Chapter 5 Institutional Choice and Bureaucratic Autonomy in Germany, MarianDÖhler; Chapter 6 Delegation to Independent Regulatory Agencies: Pressures, Functions and Contextual Mediation, MarkThatcher; Chapter 7 The Unanticipated Consequences of Creating Independent Competition Agencies, StephenWilks, IanBartle; Chapter 8 Judicial Delegation Doctrines: The US, Britain, and France, MartinShapiro; Chapter 9 Learning from the Americanists (Again): Theory and Method in the Study of Delegation, Mark A.Pollack;

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Mark Thatcher, Alec Stone Sweet