The Composition of the College of Commissioners: patterns of delegation

Döring, Holger

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dc.contributor.author	Döring, Holger	de
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-01T06:07:00Z	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T22:43:40Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T22:43:40Z
dc.date.issued	2007	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/22917
dc.description.abstract	Recent theoretical studies question the view that the European Commission is a preference outlier. This paper addresses this question by discussing the composition of the European College of Commissioners and by focusing on the appointment process. The analysis is based on a data set that contains biographical information for all Commissioners since 1958. The analysis highlights the importance of Commissioners' party affiliation and their previous political positions. Multivariate regression analysis shows that smaller member states have tended to send more high-ranking politicians to the College of Commissioners than have larger member states. However, party affiliation has not become more important as an appointment criterion. What has changed with time has been not the party link but the calibre of positions held by Commissioners before they are appointed to the College.	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	appointment; European Commission; party politics
dc.title	The Composition of the College of Commissioners: patterns of delegation	en
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	European Union Politics	de
dc.source.volume	8	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR
dc.source.issue	2	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	Europapolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	European Politics	en
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Delegation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	delegation of tasks	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-229171	de
dc.date.modified	2011-06-15T11:43:00Z	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	de
dc.rights.licence	PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)	en
ssoar.gesis.collection	SOLIS;ADIS	de
ssoar.contributor.institution	http://www.peerproject.eu/	de
internal.status	3	de
internal.identifier.thesoz	10040637
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.rights.copyright	f	de
dc.source.pageinfo	207-228
internal.identifier.classoz	10504
internal.identifier.classoz	10506
internal.identifier.journal	126	de
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	320
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116507076430	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Postprint	de
internal.identifier.licence	7
internal.identifier.pubstatus	2
internal.identifier.review	1
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer	CERTAIN
internal.check.languageharmonizer	CERTAIN_RETAINED

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