European Agents out of Control?

Dr. Nadia Klein M.A.

doi:10.5771/9783845222653

Summary

Die Europäische Kommission und das Generalsekretariat des Rates der EU haben maßgeblichen Einfluss auf Formulierung und Umsetzung des europäischen Krisenmanagements – so lautet die zentrale Aussage dieses Buches. Auf Grundlage empirischer Daten der Jahre 1999 bis 2008 widerlegt die Studie damit die gängige Annahme von der ausschließlichen Entscheidungshoheit der EU-Mitgliedstaaten in außenpolitischen Fragen. Vielmehr verfolgen die Kommission und in zunehmendem Maße auch das Generalsekretariat unter Leitung des Hohen Repräsentanten für die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik im Krisenmanagement erfolgreich eigenständige Präferenzen. Das Buch zeigt in Fallstudien zum EU-Krisenmanagement in Mazedonien und Bosnien-Herzegowina typische Konflikte auf, die dadurch mit den EU-Mitgliedstaaten ("vertikale Kontrolle") sowie zwischen den Institutionen ("horizontale Kontrolle") entstehen. Dabei greift die Autorin auf Konzepte der Principal-Agent-Forschung zurück und überträgt diese erstmals auf das Feld der europäischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.

Dr. Nadia Klein ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Jean-Monnet-Lehrstuhl für Politische Wissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5054-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2265-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studies on the European Union
Volume: 2
Language: English
Pages: 189
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 10
List of Figures and Tables No access Pages 11 - 12
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms No access Pages 13 - 15
List of Annexes No access Pages 16 - 16
1. Relevance: The impact of EU agents on the Union's civil-military crisis management policy No access Pages 17 - 20
2. State of research: The double lack of concepts No access Pages 20 - 22
3. Research design: Aims, hypotheses and proceeding No access Pages 22 - 23
4. Methodology No access Pages 23 - 25
1. 1. A functional understanding of delegation No access Pages 26 - 31
  2. The collective principal No access Pages 31 - 34
  3. 1. The unitary-actor assumption No access
    2. Two distinct sets of organisational preferences No access
  4. 1. Monitoring No access
    2. Sanctioning No access
2. Horizontal control: Conceptualising agent-agent relationships in EU crisis management No access Pages 43 - 46
3. 1. 1. The selection of crises No access
    2. Three types of agenda-setting powers No access
  2. Operational planning and management No access Pages 51 - 54
  3. External Representation No access Pages 54 - 55
4. Operationalising vertical and horizontal control No access Pages 55 - 63
1. 1. 1. The beginnings of EU crisis management No access
    2. The European Security Strategy No access
  2. 1. 1. The collective principal I: The European Council No access
      2. The collective principal II: The main instances of the Council machinery No access
      3. The agent structure on the side of the Council General Secretariat No access
    2. 1. The agent structure on the side of the European Commission No access
  3. 1. 1. The principle of Civil-Military Co-ordination No access
    2. 1. ESDP missions: The planning No access
      2. ESDP missions: The search for operational resources No access
      3. European Community crisis management and comitology procedures No access
      4. The Instrument for Stability No access
    3. Implementation procedures No access
    4. Reporting and evaluation procedures No access
2. 1. 1. The two EU concepts on security sector reform No access
  2. The institutional set-up: Preferences No access Pages 109 - 110
  3. Specific crises and missions: Preferences No access Pages 110 - 111
  4. Interim conclusion and review of the unitary-actor assumption No access Pages 111 - 112
3. 1. The conceptual basis: Preferences No access Pages 112 - 115
  2. The institutional set-up: Preferences No access Pages 115 - 116
  3. Interim conclusion and review of the unitary-actor assumption No access Pages 116 - 117
4. 1. 1. FYROM-EU relations after the Ohrid Peace Agreement (2001) No access
    2. 1. The EU military operation CONCORDIA (2003) No access
      2. The EU police mission PROXIMA (2003–2005) No access
      3. Overhauling PROXIMA (2004) No access
      4. The EU Police Advisory Team (EUPAT) (December 2005–June 2006) and the establishment of the doublehatted EUSR/Head of Delegation No access
    3. 1. The European Commission Justice and Home Affairs Team (ECJHAT) (2002–2003) No access
      2. The European Commission Police Reform Project (ECPRP) (June 2004–September 2005) No access
      3. The Twinning Project in the Ministry of Interior (2005–2007) and the European Commission Field Monitoring Project (since 2006) No access
    4. Interim conclusion No access
  2. 1. 1. The Dayton Agreement: Creating peace by fostering ethnic divisions No access
      2. The EU and the long way to a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH No access
    2. 1. The establishment of the EU Police Mission (EUPM) in 2003 No access
      2. The three guiding principles for police reform in BiH No access
      3. The institutional set-up of EU crisis management: The case of non-pooling in BiH No access
      4. The establishment of the EU military operation EUFOR ALTHEA in 2004 and the fight against organised crime No access
    3. The European Community assistance No access
    4. Interim conclusion No access
1. 1. 1. Agenda management No access
    2. Operational planning and management No access
    3. External representation No access
    4. Overall assessment on the level of delegated authority No access
  2. 1. Agenda management No access
    2. Operational planning and management No access
    3. External representation No access
    4. Overall assessment on the level of delegated authority No access
2. 1. 1. The Council General Secretariat No access
    2. The European Commission No access
  2. Horizontal control No access Pages 164 - 165
Conclusion No access Pages 166 - 168
Annexes No access Pages 169 - 174
Bibliography No access Pages 175 - 189