More Than One Agent? Authority Expansion and Delegation Dynamics in the EU

IF 3.2 2区 社会学 Q1 LAW
Anastasia Ershova
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Recent studies focus on the issue of authority transfer to supranational institutions. While examining the opportunities and obstacles for expanding the Union's competencies, this literature often overlooks the effects of adopting ambitious policies on their implementation modes. This paper argues that the costs associated with the expansion of EU authority and opportunities for blame-shifting drive delegation choices and define the relative discretion granted to agents. Proposals for expanding EU authority increase the likelihood of the exclusively supranational implementation path being selected by the principals while undermining the appeal of the national path. In contrast, aiming to preserve opportunities for blame-shifting while maintaining some degree of control over implementation, the EU principals increasingly turn to joint delegation, where the Commission and national administrations cooperate. Yet, even within the partner-like relationship of joint implementation, national agents enjoy broader discretionary leeway.
不止一个代理?欧盟的权力扩张和授权动态
最近的研究集中在权力向超国家机构转移的问题上。在研究扩大欧盟能力的机会和障碍时,这些文献往往忽略了采取雄心勃勃的政策对其执行模式的影响。本文认为,与欧盟权力扩张相关的成本和推卸责任的机会驱动了授权选择,并定义了授予代理人的相对自由裁量权。扩大欧盟权力的提议增加了由主要领导人选择完全超国家的实施路径的可能性,同时削弱了国家路径的吸引力。相比之下,为了保留推卸责任的机会,同时保持对实施的一定程度的控制,欧盟负责人越来越多地转向联合代表团,由欧盟委员会和各国政府合作。然而,即使在共同执行的伙伴关系中,国家代理人也享有更大的自由裁量权。
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期刊介绍: Regulation & Governance serves as the leading platform for the study of regulation and governance by political scientists, lawyers, sociologists, historians, criminologists, psychologists, anthropologists, economists and others. Research on regulation and governance, once fragmented across various disciplines and subject areas, has emerged at the cutting edge of paradigmatic change in the social sciences. Through the peer-reviewed journal Regulation & Governance, we seek to advance discussions between various disciplines about regulation and governance, promote the development of new theoretical and empirical understanding, and serve the growing needs of practitioners for a useful academic reference.
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