Consultative committees in the European Union
Subtitle: no vote - no Influence?
By: Diana Panke, Christoph Hönnige and Julia Gollub
Contributors: Hönnige, Christoph; Gollub, Julia
Publisher: ECPR Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Colchester, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781910259429; 9781910259351; 9781910259368; 9781910259375
Subjects: Politics and government; European Union; European Economic and Social Committee; Committee of the Regions
Description: How, and under which conditions, can consultative committees exert influence if they have access to legislators (voice) but no formal veto power (vote)? In drawing on the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Union, this book shows that consultative committees face several challenges when it comes to influencing the content of policies, but are nevertheless sometimes successful in getting their opinions heard. It develops a sender-receiver model and puts it to a comprehensive empirical test. A quantitative analysis and three in-depth case studies on the European citizens' initiative, the European grouping of territorial cooperation and the Liberalisation of Community Postal Services show how capacities, incentives and preferences of consultative committees and legislative decision-makers need to be configured to allow for the influence of the CoR and the EESC.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.