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Browsing by Author "CURTIN, Deirdre"
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Title:Keeping Government Secrecy Safe: Beyond Whack-a-Mole
Author(s):CURTIN, DeirdreDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LSAbstract:The concept of secrecy as a mechanism for not providing government information, on the one hand, and the commitment to openness of government, on the other, reflect certain historical understandings of the relationship ...
Title:Accountability and European Governance
Author(s):CURTIN, Deirdre; MAIR, Peter; PAPADOPOULOS, YannisDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:In recent years there has been a considerable effort in some transnational organizations and institutions to confront a crisis of legitimacy by promising more accountability and openness. This volume takes as its central ...
Title:Positioning Accountability in European Governance: An Introduction
Author(s):CURTIN, Deirdre; MAIR, Peter; PAPADOPOULOS, YannisDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The special issue of which this paper forms the introduction takes as its central focus one particular aspect of democratic governance: accountability. It attempts to position a broad understanding of the notion of ...
Title:Executive Power of the European Union: Law, Practices, and the Living Constitution
Author(s):CURTIN, DeirdreDate:2009Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Collected Courses of the Academy of European LawAbstract:The picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising wide-ranging, arbitrary executive powers with no accountability is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. What truth is there ...
