Title:Contested competences in the European Union
Author(s):FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we set out an approach to European Union politics that seeks to explain its development using theories of institutional change. In contrast to dominant theories which assume that the Treaties, the governing ...
Title:Evaluating the forces of interstitial institutional change
Author(s):FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The articles in this volume provide evidence supporting the claim that organisational actors within the EU do engage in contestation over competences over a wide variety of legislative and policy-making procedures. Far ...
Title:For a few cents less'? Nested games in German broadcasting regulation
Author(s):MEIER, Henk ErikDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Despite the fact that the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) has always tried to strengthen the political independence and autonomy of public service broadcasting (PSB), German media regulation has witnessed an extended ...