Real World of Eu Accountability

The Real World of EU Accountability reports the findings of a major empirical study into patterns and practices of accountability in European governance. The product of a 4-year path-breaking project this book assesses to what extent and how the people that populate the key arenas where European public policy is made or implemented are held accountable. Using a systematic analytical framework it examines not just the formal accountability arrangements but also documents and compares how these operate in practice. In doing so it provides a unique empirically grounded contribution to the pivotal but often remarkably fact-free debate about democracy and accountability in European governance.