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Comitology
About: Comitology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 297 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6940 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the rise of Comitology is an institutional response to the deep-seated tensions between the dual supranational and intergovernmentalist structure of the Community on the one hand, and its problem-solving tasks on the other.
Abstract: This article argues that the irresistible rise of Comitology is an institutional response to the deep‐seated tensions between the dual supranational and intergovernmentalist structure of the Community on the one hand, and its problem‐solving tasks on the other. Comitology has accordingly provided a forum in which problems are addressed through evolving and novel processes of interest formation and decision‐making. However, neither legal nor political science have been able properly to evaluate the workings of the committee system, both disciplines remaining trapped within normative structures and traditional methodologies ill‐suited to the analysis of these institutional innovations. As a consequence, this article advocates the trans‐disciplinary study of Comitology, and furthermore argues that the two disciplines might be drawn together by the concept of ‘deliberative supranationalism’: being on the one hand a normative approach which seeks both to preserve the legitimacy of national democracies and to set limits upon the traditional Nation State within a supranational community; and on the other, a theoretical tool which is nonetheless responsive to and accomodating of ‘real‐world’ phenomena.
717 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the core institutional features of the European Community (EC) should be read as supranational versions of deliberationist ideals, and they substantiate this claim by briefly outlining a deliberative suparanationalist analysis of comitology in the foodstuffs sector.
Abstract: The central argument of this contribution is that core institutional features of the European Community (EC) should be read as supranational versions of deliberationist ideals. After outlining a normative perspective for institutional innovations, we argue that deliberative supranationalism is already more than Utopia. We substantiate this claim by briefly outlining a deliberative supranationalist analysis of comitology in the foodstuffs sector. It is argued that comitology is indicative of the emergence of a deliberative style of European regulatory policy-making which aims at building up co-ordination capacities, establishing a culture of inter-administrative partnership, and creating conditions in which the organizations responsible for managing particular policies are able to meet emerging challenges. Emphasis therefore is placed on identifying areas of interdependence and common interest with the aim of ensuring the coherence and reliability of the European management network in the foodstuffs sector...
412 citations
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1 Jan 1999
TL;DR: The role assigned to committees at all stages of the preparation of new measures and the implementation of its policies Despite their obvious importance in the European polity, the 'comitology' of the EC has been understudied and poorly understood.
Abstract: One of the striking features of the European Community's regulatory regimes is the role assigned to committees at all stages of the preparation of new measures and the implementation of its policies Despite their obvious importance in the European polity, the 'comitology' of the EC has been understudied and poorly understood This book fills a number of gaps in the literature by bringing together legal, political and policy analysts to examine the emergence of the committee role For the European Parliament comitology represents obstacles to its own participation in policy making For lawyers comitology is indicative of a strengthening of the administrative branch of government which seems to be evading parliamentary control and susceptibility to judicial review These are the issues discussed and analysed in this book of original essays
367 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare realist, federalist, neo-functionalist and functionalist approaches to analyse and assess the evolution of the EU's administrative infrastructure, and compare the behavioural patterns within committees.
Abstract: Studying the administrative infrastructure of the EU is an intriguing affair. Comitology committees, in particular, are significant indicators for analysing and assessing the evolution of the EU's administrative system. Relevant integration-related theories, however, offer several diverging analyses and assessments of their function and significance. Some of the existing empirical data denote considerable growth in administrative participation and a significant differentiation of procedures and forms, indicating a considerable Europeanization of national administrations. Insights into the behavioural patterns within committees indicate an interactive style in which the fundamental constitutional issues and the exact legal form are controversial, but where daily routine is characterized by business-like workings based on technocratic expertise and camaraderie, and geared to consensus among civil servants from several levels. Comparing realist, federalist, neo-functionalist and functionalist approaches, as ...
257 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the role of strong publics, which are institutionalized bodies of deliberation and decision-making, in modern democracy and argue that they are important to modern democracy as they subject decision making to justificatory debate.
Abstract: This article explores the democratizing role of strong publics, which are institutionalized bodies of deliberation and decision-making. Strong publics are important to modern democracy as they subject decision-making to justificatory debate. This article evaluates selected aspects of the institutional nexus of the EU in order to see if they qualify as strong publics. The focus is on comitology, the European Parliament and the Charter Convention. These bodies vary in their status as strong publics, but to various degrees they all inject the logic of impartial justification and reason-giving into the EU system.
254 citations
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| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2016 | 10 |