Delegation in contemporary democracies / edited by Dietmar Braun and Fabrizio Gilardi.
| Other author | Braun, Dietmar. |
| Other author | Gilardi, Fabrizio. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. |
| Description | xiv, 256 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 43 |
| Contents | Delegation in contemporary democracies : introduction / Dietmar Braun and Fabrizio Gilardi -- The (moral) hazards of parliamentary democracy / Kaare Strom, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman -- Delegation and accountability in parliamentary democracies : smallness, proximity, and shortcuts / Patrick Dumont and Frédéric Varone -- A theory of efficient delegation / David Epstein and Sharyn O'Halloran -- A delegation theory for explaining the bureaucratization of public administrations / Victor Lapuente Giné -- Delegation to independent regulatory agencies in Western Europe : credibility, political uncertainty, and diffusion / Fabrizio Gilardi -- Delegation in the distributive policy arena : the case of research policy / Dietmar Braun -- Consequences of legitimising independent regulatory agencies in contemporary democracies : theoretical scenarios / Gül Sosay -- Whose agents? : non-governmental organisations in policy-proposing -- Commissions : agents of government or opposition parties? / Peter Munk Christiansen & Asbjorn Sonne Nrgaard -- Delegation in the European Union : debates and research agenda / Fabio Franchino -- Delegation in contemporary democracies : concluding remarks / Dietmar Braun and Fabrizio Gilardi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005013694 |
| ISBN | 0415353432 (hardback : alk. paper) |