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Lobbying the state or the market? A framework to study civil society organizations’ strategic behavior KU Leuven
© 2018 The Authors. Regulation & Governance Published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd This article lays out a framework for the conditions under which a civil society organization lobbies the state and when it turns to the market. This strategic choice cannot be understood solely from within current frameworks of lobbying strategies; insights from interest group studies must be complemented with the social movement literature's ...
Monitoring generic skills development in a bachelor European studies KU Leuven
© 2019 University Association for Contemporary European Studies. To ensure a smooth transition from studies to professional careers, students' skills and attitudes are often considered of greater value than theoretical knowledge and understanding. Yet, whereas typical academic skills such as research and writing are commonly monitored and trained, generic skills such as teamwork and communication receive scant attention. At Maastricht ...
Of Principal(s') Interest? A Disaggregated, Multiple Principals' Approach to Commission Discretion KU Leuven
© 2018 The Authors. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies published by University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd How much discretion does the Commission enjoy in the European Union? To address this question, we draw on principal–agent theory and propose ‘interest in a decision’ by principals as a proxy for agent discretion. This has three advantages over existing approaches. First, it overcomes the ...
twenty years of principal-agent research in EU politics: how to cope with complexity? KU Leuven
© 2017 European Consortium for Political Research. In the 20 years after its introduction, the principal-Agent model has seen increasing use to study political processes in virtually all policy domains in which the EU is active. Relaxing the strict assumptions that guided the original economic applications has greatly widened the scope for potential applications. This very phenomenon has also created an existential challenge to the model's ...
Controlling Covert Integration in EU Politics KU Leuven
Without the prospect of new treaty revisions, integration in the European Union is often believed to come at a standstill. However, recent research suggests that deepening integration still continues, albeit in more covert ways. The risk associated with such covert integration is that it is not mandated by the member states and may thus have a major backlash on the legitimacy of the European project. This paper argues that such ...
EU Institutional Politics of Secrecy and Transparency in Foreign Affairs KU Leuven
© 2017 by the authors. This thematic issue shows how the interplays of secrecy and transparency have been a salient driver of institutional politics in EU foreign affairs. It offers a critical reading of the most recent developments in EU’s international negotiations, an analysis of case law and empirical insights on public and institutional access to information. The Issue provides an interdisciplinary understanding of how information flows ...
Allies in Transparency? Parliamentary, Judicial and Administrative Interplays in the EU's International Negotiations KU Leuven
© 2017 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). International negotiations are an essential part of the European Union’s (EU) external affairs. A key aspect to negotiations is access to and sharing of information among the EU institutions involved as well as to the general public. Oversight of negotiations requires insight into the topics of negotiation, the positions taken and the strategies employed. Concurrently, however, some ...