Controlling the EU Executive?

Gijs Jan Brandsma is Assistant Professor in European Union Politics and Administration at Utrecht University. His research focuses on institutional developments and decision-making in the European Union, and in particular on the workings of political and administrative arrangements 'behind the scenes': committees, expert groups, regulatory networks, and trilogues. His publications include Controlling Comitology (Palgrave, 2013).Jens Blom-Hansen is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. His research interests lie at the intersection of EU studies, intergovernmental relations, and public administration. He has published a large number of articles and books on these topics including the EU comitology system, the optimal size of local jurisdictions, public budgeting, and the use of experimental methods in public administration research.

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• 1: Introduction 2: Theorizing Delegation and Control Regimes in the EU 3: Institutional Contestation of Delegation in the EU over Time 4: The Battle over the Lisbon Treaty's Two Control Regimes: Getting the Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts Regimes in Place 5: Institutional Preferences on the Post-Lisbon Control Regimes: Qualitative Evidence 6: Institutional Preferences on the Post-Lisbon Control Regimes: Quantitative Evidence 7: Explaining Choices of Delegation and Control Regimes 8: Conclusion and the Way Ahead