European Governance and Supranational Institutions
What drives the political and legal enforcement of member state compliance within the European Union?
European Governance and Supranational Institutions examines the role of the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in compliance politics, tracing development since the 1970s and describing strategies for strengthening the EUs enforcement system. The author shows how supranational institutions have played an independent role in the creation of a European enforcement system, which is exceptionally effective compared to that of other international organizations.
This book makes important theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of European governance. Drawing on principal-agent theory, Tallberg uses a novel principal-supervisor-agent model, specifically designed to explain strategic interaction in the enforcement phase of international cooperation. Charting previously undocumented processes, the book unveils the dynamics of EU compliance politics. It will appeal to all those interested in the European Union and international relations theory.
Jonas Tallberg is Research Fellow at Lund University and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
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European Governance and Supranational Institutions
Making states comply
Jonas Tallberg
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Tallberg, Jonas.
European governance and supranational institutions : making states
comply / Jonas Tallberg.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. LawEuropean Union countries. 2. Sanctions (Law)European Union
countries. 3. Law enforcementEuropean Union countries.
4. EuropeEconomic integration. I. Title.
KJE971.5.T35 2003
341.242'2dc21
2002155707
ISBN 0-415-31137-3 (hbk)
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My work on delegation, enforcement, and compliance in European governance and international cooperation has developed in, and profited from, a number of research milieus, to which I extend my deepest gratitude. Lund University has offered a stimulating academic environment for the completion of this book, as well as cheerful colleagues and generous autonomy. The Centre for Advanced Study, Oslo, presented me with excellent conditions for productive research in the spring of 2000, within the program on Explaining International Regime Effectiveness. The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, has provided a peaceful working environment and an inspiring proximity to the world of policy-making. Brief periods at the Forward Studies Unit of the European Commission and the Policy Planning Group of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs have also contributed to my understanding of European governance.
This book presents the full theoretical and empirical version of an argument that I have published portions of elsewhere. An abridged account of the state liability account in Chapter 6 originally appeared in Supranational influence in EU enforcement, Journal of European Public Policy 7 (1): 10421 (2000). Chapters 5 and 6 develop empirical accounts first presented in The anatomy of autonomy, Journal of Common Market Studies 38 (5): 843-64 (2000). Parts of Chapter 4 develop a theme originally discussed in Compliance and post-agreement bargaining, European Journal of International Relations 4 (4): 371-408 (1998). Some of my conclusions are adapted from those I first drew in Delegation to supranational institutions, West European Politics 25 (1): 23-46 (2002). Finally, the figures and tables appearing in Chapters 3 and 4 are reprinted from my article Paths to compliance,