EU Agencies and the Politicized Administration

Michelle Everson*, Ellen Vos

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In their efforts to categorize the growing body of agencies operating at EU level, influential commentators on the state of the Union have of late noted a veritable ‘agency fever’ (Busuioc et al. 2012; Egeberg and Trondal 2017), or an exponential rise in the creation of ‘non-majoritarian’ (Majone 1996, 1997) governance structures within the European Union. This development raises a series of queries, which will be tackled in this contribution, not the least of which is the issue of whether, in its increasingly politicized use of the agency vehicle, the European Union is placing an impossible stress on agency actors.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Role of EU Agencies in the Eurozone and Migration Crisis
EditorsJ. Pollak, P. Slominski
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Pages21-51
Number of pages31
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-51383-2
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-51382-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

Publication series

SeriesEuropean Administrative Governance
ISSN2524-7263

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