Comitology: the strength of dissent
| Autor: | Joan Pere Plaza, Ana Mar Fernández Pasarín, Renaud Dehousse |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050601 international relations Comitology 0506 political science Work (electrical) Political science Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration European commission Dissent Law and economics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| ISSN: | 1477-2280 0703-6337 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07036337.2020.1740697 |
| Popis: | First published online: 19 March 2020 This article sheds new light on deliberative dynamics at work in comitology. Starting from the findings of previous research on the frequency of consensus within the comitology committees of the EU in 2008, this article seeks to provide a measure of the intensity of opposition to the Commission's draft implementing proposals before and after the 2011 comitology reform. Applying this approach to data from the comitology register (2008-2013), the article analyses the structure of contestation, proposes an index of opposition and tests the factors that may explain variations. Attention is paid to procedural choices and sociological arguments before and after the last reform of the comitology system. Our findings are fourfold. First, conflict with the Commission's positions, although weak, is not that rare during deliberations. Second, patterns of support and opposition are stable over time. Third, sharp cross-sectorial variations exist. Last but not least, procedural choices matter for contestation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|