2017 - Page 2

Published Aug. 7, 2017 1:14 PM

In his contribution to Accountability in the EU: The Role of the European Ombudsman, Jarle Trondal and Anchrit Wille examine the institutional development of the European Ombudsman over the past two decades.

Published July 3, 2017 12:22 PM

Asimina Michailidou is co-editor of a book that brings insights into the consequences and effects that online news and social media have on EU politics. The volume includes several chapters by ARENA staff.

Published June 12, 2017 11:04 AM

Cathrine Holst has co-authored this article in Social Epistemology with Anders Molander. They  discuss the conditions for legitimate expert arrangements within a democratic order and from a deliberative systems approach.

Published June 7, 2017 2:11 PM

In this article in Cooperation and Conflict, Johanne Døhlie Saltnes argues that the European Union chose not to sanction Rwanda because of concerns over the negative impact of sanctions on the social and economic conditions in the country. 

Published June 1, 2017 9:15 AM

By using concepts of historic responsibility, Christopher Lord discusses whether decisions member states take together can constrain how any one of them can justifiably leave the EU in the article published in the Journal of European Integration.

Published May 29, 2017 11:07 AM

In her contribution to European Enlargement across Rounds and Beyond Borders, Helene Sjursen suggests that an examination of the EU's enlargement decisions can provide important insights into the Union's own understanding or what it is or should be. 

Published Apr. 11, 2017 1:36 PM

Eva Krick presents a comprehensive assessment of input- and output-related dimensions of democratic legitimacy in her recent article. The study challenges the widespread assumption that the decision rule of ‘consensus’, whereby decisions are made by ‘tacit consent’, grants veto power to each participant.

Published Mar. 24, 2017 10:14 AM

This report edited by Enrico Fassi and Sonia Lucarelli provides a preliminary insight into the EU’s migration policies by examining concepts and understandings as well as their actual application in a set of national cases.

Published Mar. 22, 2017 9:43 AM

In the newly published book Democratic Accountability, Political Order, and Change Johan P. Olsen examines democratic accountability as a mechanism by which citizens are supposed to influence and control their elected representatives, non-elected officials, and other power holders. 

Published Mar. 3, 2017 8:38 AM

This insightful analysis by Mai'a K. Davis Cross explores the patterns seen in the three major existential crises that have affected the resilience of the European Union in the first few years of the twenty-first century. Using a comparative framework, it will appeal to scholars in political science, sociology, international relations, communications, and media studies.

Published Feb. 13, 2017 9:12 AM

I boken Hvordan virker EU? gir Espen D.H. Olsen, Guri Rosén og Jarle Trondal en grundig, men lettfattelig innføring i hvordan EU er organisert og fungerer i praksis.