The Invisible Transformation of the Co-decision Procedure: Problems of Democratic Legitimacy, Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe: Governing Change eds. Catherine Moury and Luis de Sousa – with Adrienne Hèritier

The relationship between Council and Parliament within the codecision procedure involves a plethora of informal and semi-formal meetings in which many of the real decisions about legislation are taken, with little scope for public oversight. In the light of the current debate on the future of European Union, the report will address the question what this informalization of the decision-making process means for the legitimacy of the legislative process. The report was presented at the seminar Striking the Institutional Balance? and is a part of the research project Strategy 2004. 2003:7 The Invisible Transformation of Codecision: Problems of Democratic Legitimacy

Henry Farrell and Adrienne Hèritier, “The Invisible Transformation of the Co-decision Procedure: Problems of Democratic Legitimacy,” Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe: Governing Change eds. Catherine Moury and Luis de Sousa (Routledge: 2009).

Access the full text here.

Other Writing:

Academic Article

Consensus, Dissensus and Economic Ideas: Economic Crisis and the Rise and Fall of Keynesianism – with John Quiggin

Henry Farrell and John Quiggin (2017), “Consensus, Dissensus and Economic Ideas: Economic Crisis and the Rise and Fall of Keynesianism,” International Studies Quarterly,61,1:269-283. Subsequent subject of an ISQ Symposium, featuring Paul Krugman, Elizabeth Berman, Stephen Nelson and Andrew Baker, with a response from the authors. During the recent economic crisis, Keynesian ideas about fiscal stimulus briefly seemed ...
Read Article
Essay

Half Poulantzas, Half Kindleberger

Once upon a time, international political economy (as it is studied by American international relations professors) and international political economy (as it is studied by Marxists and marxisants) knew each other well. The realist Robert Gilpin, whose book on international political economy is still assigned in PhD seminars, disagreed with Marxism, but took it for ...
Read Article