Explaining Patterns of Delegation in EU Humanitarian Aid Policy
Explaining Patterns of Delegation in EU Humanitarian Aid Policy

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses delegation patterns in the European Union's humanitarian aid policy. Rational-choice principal-agent accounts form the first theoretical perspective from which this topic is investigated. Sociological institutionalism is brought in next to round out our understanding of delegation in the field of EU humanitarian aid. Three issues are addressed. Why did EU member states delegate authority over humanitarian aid decision-making to the European Commission? How do member states maintain control over the Commission once responsibility has been transferred? And what are the implications of delegation for supranational autonomy?

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