How important is each EU institution as an addressee of interest groups? demands and policy influence?
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Here is a list of required readings for my essay topic. There are many references, all of them
don't have to be used (they are to give you an idea what I was suppose to base my writing on). I
would prefer the references and writings to be based more or less on these readings to make the
essay content as relevant to the module as possible:
Institutional Actors: EU Parliament, EU Commission, The Council of the European Union
Required readings:
? Lelieveldt, H. and Princen, S. (2015) ?The institutional framework?, in The Politics of the
European Union. Cambridge University Press pp. 27-46.
? Thomson, R. (2015) ?The distribution of power among the institutions? in J. Richardson and S.
Mazey (eds.). European Union: Power and Policy-Making. Routledge. pp. 189-210.
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? Schmidt, S.K. (2015) ?The shadow of case law. The Court of Justice of the European Union and the
policy process.? in J. Richardson and S. Mazey (eds.). European Union: Power and Policy- Making.
Routledge. pp. 159-188.
? Rittberger, B. and Wonka, A. (2015) ?EU Agencies?, in J. Richardson and S. Mazey (eds.). European
Union: Power and Policy-Making. Routledge. pp. 233-258.
Lobbying and Interest Groups:
Required readings:
? Eising, R. (2016) ?Interest Groups and the European Union.? in Cini, M. and Perez-Solorzano
Borragan, N. (eds.) European Union Politics. Oxford University Press. pp. 179-194.
? Bunea, A. (2016) ?Designing stakeholder consultations: reinforcing or alleviating bias in the
European Union system of governance?? European Journal of Political Research (Available online:
doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12165)
? Beyers J. (2004) ?Voice and Access. Political Practices of European Interest Associations.?
European Union Politics 5(2): 211-240.
? Du?r A, Bernhagen P, Marshall D. (2015) ?Interest Groups Success in the European Union: When (and
Why) Does Business Lose?? Comparative Political Studies 48(8): 951-983.
Understanding EU Policymaking:
Required readings:
? Young A.R. (2015) ?The European Policy Process in Comparative Perspective.? in Wallace et al.
(eds) Policy-making in the European Union. Oxford University Press. pp. 46-71.
? Wallace, H. and Reh, C. (2015) ?An Institutional Anatomy and Five Policy Modes.? in Wallace et
al. (eds) Policy-making in the European Union. Oxford University Press. pp. 97-111.
? Thatcher, M. (2015) ?European regulation? in J. Richardson and S. Mazey (eds.) European Union:
Power and Policy-Making. Routledge. pp. 307-326.
? Knill, C. (2015) ?Implementation? in J. Richardson and S. Mazey (eds.) European Union: Power and
Policy-Making. Routledge. pp. 371-396.
The purpose of the essay is to show my understanding of the importance of each EU institution and
how they are tied to the interests groups and policymaking.