Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Theory and Practice of Delegation to Non-Majoritarian Institutions; Delegation to Supranational Institutions: Why, How, and with What Consequences?; Rational Fictions: Central Bank Independence and the Social Logic of Delegation; Constitutional Courts and Parliamentary Democracy; Institutional Choice and Bureaucratic Autonomy in Germany; Delegation to Independent Regulatory Agencies: Pressures, Functions and Contextual Mediation; The Unanticipated Consequences of Creating Independent Competition Agencies
Summary
This volume examines key issues about the politics of delegation: how and why delegation has taken place; the design of delegation to non-majoritarian institutions; the consequences of delegation to non-majoritarian institutions and their