Dynamics of Change in the European Union
Agreements concerning inter-institutional rules in the treaties of the European Union often give rise to reactions and processes of adaptation within the EU institutions. Recent literature on EU legislative politics has increasingly examined decision-making within the EU institutions, but has largely overlooked how these internal processes react and adapt to changes in relations between the EU bodies. To fill this gap the authors present a series of empirical studies that examine how shifts in inter-institutional rules and procedures affect intra-institutional politics. They show that the resulting intra-institutional adaptations may in turn both have distributive consequences and affect the efficiency of the initial inter-institutional reforms. In addition, they provide some stepping stones for theory-building on how treaty reforms affect organizational structure and decision-making within the EU institutions by outlining a series of mediating variables that link these two types of change processes.
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Daniel Naurin is Associate Professor at the University of Gothenburg. His research focuses on EU politics, transparency and lobbying. He is the author of inter alia Deliberation Behind Closed Doors (ECPR Press, 2007), and articles in the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, European Union Politics and West European Politics.
Anne Rasmussen is a Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration, Leiden University. She is the editor of Political Parties in the European Union (Routledge, 2009, together with Lindberg and Warntjen) and has published articles in European Union Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, West European Politics, Party Politics and the Journal of European Integration.
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Rory Costello is Lecturer at the University of Limerick. His research interests include legislative decision-making, EU politics and political representation. He has published articles in European Union Politics, the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Information Polity and West European Politics.
se Gornitzka is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Research Professor at ARENA, University of Oslo. Her research focuses inter alia on organisational factors in political systems, and EU governance. Her most recent work has been published in West European Politics, Politique Europenne and Science and Public Policy.
Frank M. Hge is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Limerick. His research interests include inter alia European Union politics and research methods. His published work has appeared in for instance European Union Politics, the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Common Market Studies and Political Analysis.
Adrienne Hritier is Joint Chair at the PSS and the RSCAS at the European University Institute. Her research focuses on institutional change in the EU, comparative public policy in Europe and regulation. Publications include
