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Hofmann, Herwig C.H.; Türk, Alexander H. --- "Conclusion: Europe’s Integrated Administration" [2006] ELECD 289; in Hofmann, C.H. Herwig; Türk, H. Alexander (eds), "EU Administrative Governance" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006)

Book Title: EU Administrative Governance

Editor(s): Hofmann, C.H. Herwig; Türk, H. Alexander

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845422851

Section: Chapter 17

Section Title: Conclusion: Europe’s Integrated Administration

Author(s): Hofmann, Herwig C.H.; Türk, Alexander H.

Number of pages: 24

Extract:

17. Conclusions: Europe's integrated
administration
Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alexander H. Türk

REVIEW OF FINDINGS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THIS BOOK

Structures of administrative governance occupy a prominent place within
the European Union's multilevel system of governance. They operate in
large parts beyond the formally constituted rules of the treaties.1 Forms
of administrative governance exist in all stages of the `policy cycle', but
since they have developed in an evolutionary way, their exact configuration
differs in each policy area. Administrative governance structures are deeply
procedural in nature. They integrate European and national administrations
to a degree not well recognised in administrative law and administrative
science literature. This and the lack of comprehensive administrative law in
the sense of a general `administrative procedure act' or similar legislation in
the EU2 requires not only continuous reflection on the ongoing development
of procedural frameworks for the exercise of governance in the EU3 but
nothing less than a remodelling of our understanding of the role and the
form of administration in Europe.
Accordingly, within this book, our investigation into forms of
administrative governance was structured in three different groups. In
Part 1, we analysed forms of administrative governance in each of the
policy phases of agenda setting, decision-making and implementation, an
approach we referred to as `horizontal' approach. In the second part of
the book, we turned to what we referred to as `vertical' chapters, analysing
forms of administrative governance in different policy areas of the EU.
These ...