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Representation through deliberation. The European case

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar; Fossum, John Erik - ARENA - 2011

This paper shows that the main pattern of European democratisation has unfolded along the lines of an EU organised as a multilevel system of representative parliamentary government and not as a system of deliberative governance as the transnationalists propound. But the multilevel EU has...

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Bilateral diplomacy in an integrated Europe: the co-existence of institutional orders?

Bratberg, Øivind - ARENA - 2007

Bilateral diplomacy is typically portrayed as under threat by European integration, which has forged direct links between sectoral ministries, introduced an all-embracing policy arena in Brussels and, arguably, rendered traditional embassy representation irrelevant. This paper questions whether...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040215

Understanding Institutions and Logics of Appropriateness: Introductory Essay

Olsen, Johan P. - ARENA - 2007

institutions could be conceptualized, to what degree institutions have independent and endurable implications, the kinds of … political phenomena they impact, the mechanisms through which they do so, and the processes through which institutions emerge …-interested actors maximizing their expected utility. Second, a society-centered perspective that sees political institutions and …

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The Ups and Downs of Bureaucratic Organization

Olsen, Johan P. - ARENA - 2007

bureaucratization and de-bureaucratization is offered. Institutions, agency, and macro forces all matter, but there is no agreement …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040226

Who are the experts? The informational basis of EU decision-making

Gornitzka, Åse; Sverdrup, Ulf - ARENA - 2008

Who provides the European Union with information? Are these sources of information biased? Who are excluded and who are included? What can the informational bias tell us about decision making in the European Union? The paper examines patterns of participation in the large and organized expert...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040242

Politicisation of European Integration: Bringing the Process into Focus

Wilde, Pieter de - ARENA - 2007

This conceptual paper provides a working definition of politicisation of European integration, based on a literature review. Politicisation has often been used by political scientists interested in European integration. We observe that research using the concept is rarely interested in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040247

The access of business interests to European Union institutions: notes towards a theory

Eising, Rainer - ARENA - 2005

The unequal access of interest organizations to the EU institutions is often associated with biased European politics … face of EU regulation. Else, the interaction patterns vary along the EU institutions and their levels of decision …

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EU Institutions and the transformation of European-Level Politics – How to understand profound change (if it occurs)

Egeberg, Morten - ARENA - 2004

redistributed, and serious conflicts along a single axis are less likely to develop. If EU institutions really are that important …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040288

Taking Evolution Seriously

Lewis, Orion; Steinmo, Sven - ARENA - 2007

concepts and/or insights from these theories can be profitably applied to social and political institutions. First, we … to push an analogy between genes (which are rules governing cell reproduction and behavior) and political institutions …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040293

Constructivist approaches to European integration

Checkel, Jeffrey T. - ARENA - 2006

Constructivist approaches to the study of Europe are trendy. Deliberation, discourses, norms, persuasion, socialization, identity, arguing – such concepts and terms are now frequently invoked in debates over the past and future of the European project. As I argue in this essay, however,...

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