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Item-typ:Veröffentlichung, Perspectives on EU governance: an empirical assessment of the political attitudes of EU agency professionals(2011-08-12); EU-level agencies have emerged as important actors on the EU’s policy-making scene. To date, we know relatively little about the personnel working in EU agencies: What attitudes do EU agency staff members hold on issue-dimensions relevant for the EU integration process? How do they perceive of their role in EU policy-making? Moreover, we know little about the cohesiveness of attitudes of agency staff within and between different EU agencies. The aim of this contribution is conceptual and empirical-descriptive. It draws on original data from an online survey of professionals working in EU agencies to gain insights into the attitudes held by EU agency staff on three substantive attitudinal dimensions: conceptions relating to legitimate and accountable EU governance, conceptions about the preferred level of centralization of political authority in the EU, as well as views on economic governance in the EU. While the conceptual focus of this paper is on attitudes and not on behaviour, the attitudes held by EU agency staff and their relative homo- or heterogeneity is likely to affect perceptions and evaluations of the political environment and interpretations of the challenges agency staff members face in their substantive area of work. The findings of the survey will enable us to draw broader conclusions about the type and quality of accountability relationships as well as of the EU’s democratic legitimacy. Moreover, the data will permit to inform arguments about the actor quality of EU agencies, which are often conceived as efficient institutional solutions to overcome commitment problems.Wissenschaftlicher ArtikelBand:18Heft:6213 388 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item-typ:Veröffentlichung, Adapting to Europe? Regional MPs' Involvement in EU Affairs in GermanyThe Lisbon Treaty has led to an expansion of the rights of parliaments in scru- tinizing EU decision-making, including – for the first time – also regional parliaments. Yet, theo- retically informed empirical work on how regional legislatures adapt to the increasing rele- vance of the EU for sub-national jurisdictions remains scarce. Drawing on data from an origi- nal survey of 251 MPs, conducted in seven German Länder in 2011, we explore regional MPs involvement in EU affairs. We find strong variation among MPs’ level of EU involvement. Exploring different sets of explanations, we show that individual-level factors – the perceived salience of the EU and MPs’ perceived influence in EU matters – hold the highest explanatory power.Wissenschaftlicher ArtikelBand:24Heft:4115 101