The information phase of accountability
The role of management boards in European Union agencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9964071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nuria Font (0000-0002-2629-6829, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona), Ixchel Pérez‐durán (0000-0003-3665-3380, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 882-898 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Administrative Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8523 • E-ISSN: 1461-7226 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020852320946813 |
| OpenAlex | W3080375305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
The creation of European Union agencies has prompted normative and theoretical discussions about their accountability and democratic legitimacy. This study examines the extent to which different features concerning the institutional design of agencies incentivize information provision on their performance. To do so, it measures four aspects for which their governing bodies are expected to provide information: governance decisions, policy performance, financial issues, and interactions with stakeholders. Using a new data set of informative statements included in 199 annual activity reports of 29 agencies during the period 2010–2016, this study demonstrates that formal accountability positively affects information provision on governance and policy issues, and that the establishment of scientific bodies within agencies improves information provision on governance aspects, policy performance and their interactions with stakeholders. Finally, this article finds that agencies that perform more direct regulation are subject to greater transparency demands about their governance decisions and stakeholder interactions. Points for practitioners The study provides practitioners with an analytical tool for assessing the provision of information about the decisions and actions of management boards on governance issues, policy performance, financial aspects and their interactions with stakeholders
Accountability · Business · Corporate governance · European union · Information governance · Information system · Legitimacy · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Stakeholder · Transparency (behavior · Accounting · Finance · Management Information Systems · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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Professionalization in EU Policy-Making? The topology of the transnational field of EU affairs
European Agencies and Input Legitimacy
Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU
The Institutionalization of Eu Agencies
EU agencies' involvement in transboundary crisis response
Linking transparency, knowledge and citizen trust in government
Policy properties and political influence in post-delegation
Accountability in the post-Lisbon European Union
The evolving EU accountability landscape
The Politics of 'Eurocratic' Structure and the New European Agencies
Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies
Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies
The European Parliament and the legitimation of agencification
The new European agencies
The Institutional Basis of Democratic Accountability
Credibility, Complexity and Uncertainty
Two Concepts of Accountability
Understanding the Complex Dynamics of Transparency
Explaining the Accountability of Independent Agencies
The Accountability Cube
Predicting Public Sector Accountability
European Union agencies and their management boards
Mapping EU agencies as political entrepreneurs
The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Agencies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |