Bibliograph

A responsive technocracy?, EU politicisation and the consumer policies of the European Commission, Christian Rauh

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A responsive technocracy?, EU politicisation and the consumer policies of the European Commission, Christian Rauh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-300) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A responsive technocracy?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

921978821

Responsibility statement

Christian Rauh

Series statement

ECPR Press monographs

Sub title

EU politicisation and the consumer policies of the European Commission

Summary

Based on an innovative combination of public opinion, protest and media data, it first demonstrates that European integration has become increasingly politicised since the 1990s. Against this background, the Commission is now much more concerned about the public appeal of its policies. That, however, challenges and contradicts the well-worn patterns of supranational regulation in Europe. Rauh systematically compares 17 legislative drafting processes in consumer policy between 1999 and 2009. Based on first-hand insider accounts of involved officials, his analysis indicates that the Commission's policy choices indeed become more consumer friendly under higher levels of public awareness. While this improves the democratic quality of European decision-making, the book also reveals an enhanced conflict potential within the Commission and beyond which threatens to undermine the efficiency of legislative decision-making in the EU..--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The politicisation of European integration: a long term perspective 3. Politicisation and consumer policy formulation in the European Commission 4. The regulation of contractual consumer rights 5. The regulation of product safety 6. The regulation of food safety 7. The bird's eye perspective: Politicisation and internal policy formulation 8. Conclusion: More democracy, less efficiency? Appendix A: Additional analyses of the politicisation index Appendix B: Sampling legislative drafting processes Appendix C: Measuring issue salience Appendix D: Interviewer sample

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European Union politicization and the consumer policies of the European Commission

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