No simple dichotomies : lobbyists and the European parliament
Judge, David and Earnshaw, D. (2002) No simple dichotomies : lobbyists and the European parliament. Journal of Legislative Studies, 8 (4). pp. 61-79. ISSN 1357-2334
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Abstract
To call lobbyists of the European Parliament ‘unelected legislators’ is somewhat misleading. Similarly, to talk of ‘inspired legislation’, where laws, or more particularly amendments to legislation, are ‘written by a lobby group from the civil society and more or less rubber stamped by a public body’1 is to over-simplify a complex and mediated relationship between elected ‘legislators’ and unelected ‘interest representatives’. Indeed, in the case of the European Union (EU), identifying a single ‘public body’ as a ‘legislator’ is problematic in itself as all three major institutions – Commission, Council and European Parliament – perform legislative roles. Moreover, securing a single, clearly defined imprint of a ‘rubber stamp’ on legislation is difficult given the inter-institutional bargaining that results in blurred and smudged legislative imprints at the best of times.
Author(s): | Judge, David and Earnshaw, D. | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 1462 |
Notes: | Special Issue: The Unseen Hand: Unelected EU Legislators |
Keywords: | lobbyists, european parliament, politics, Political science (General), Political institutions (Europe), Law, Political Science and International Relations |
Subjects: | Political Science > Political science (General) Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) |
Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > Politics |
Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
Date deposited: | 25 Aug 2006 |
Last modified: | 07 Dec 2019 03:13 |
URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/1462 |
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