The Powers of the Union

“Franchino has raised the bar in the study of EU government several notches. Using advanced theoretical models and empirical techniques he demonstrates that the balance of power between the national and European levels, and the design of government at the European level, are products of careful and conscious choices of the EU governments, the extent of disagreement between the governments, how much the governments trust each other to implement policies, and whether the governments think the Commission can do a better job than their national administrations. Far from seeing the Commission as a ‘runaway bureaucracy’, Franchino finds that EU government is limited, constrained, and works remarkably well.” – Simon Hix, London School of Economics and Political Science

“Politicians in the European Union can delegate policy making authority either to national administrations or to the European Union’s own Commission. How do politicians decide which rout to pursue? And what are the consequences of pursuing one route over the other? Franchino’s answers to these questions are theoretically innovative, analytically rigorous, and empirically convincing. The block enhances significantly our understanding of policymaking processes in the European Union, and it also contributes important new theoretical arguments about delegation in decentralized political systems. It is an impressive achievement.” – John Huber, Columbia University

Fabio Franchino is Lecturer in Political Science in the Department of Political Science at University College London, and Director of the MSc in European Public Policy at the UCL School of Public Policy.

• ISBN: 0-521-68932-5
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Author: Fabio Franchino
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback, 230mm x 155mm

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