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Democratic governance requires institutions that are capable of making and carrying out decisions as well as arrangements that enable citizens to hold power-holders accountable. Democratic governance thus requires a strong executive presence. There is a slippery slope to executive dominance, which refers to an imbalance in favour of executives. It is well-known that crises and emergency politics, which bring with them the need for rapid and decisive action favour the executive, and the COVID-19 pandemic with its harsh measures and severe incursions into citizens’ rights has driven the point home in a dramatic manner. The purpose of this panel is to take stock of and discuss the current status of executive dominance in a multilevel EU context. We address the issue of executive dominance in relation to regime type: how to conceptualize executive dominance in a segmented political order? This question has direct bearing on differentiation, given that a segmented political order is a distinctly differentiated political order. We address executive dominance in relation to multilevel dynamics, and the relationship between elected and non-elected executive officials and bodies. Further, we discuss executive dominance in relation to various organizational and institutional arrangements that stand out in segmented political orders, namely interstitial bodies. Finally, we discuss executive dominance with reference to foreign and security policy.
| Title | Details |
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| Differentiation in the Multilevel Administrative State. Examples from European Integration and Nordic Administrative Cooperation. | View Paper Details |
| Interstitial organizations and executive dominance in the EU's segmented political order | View Paper Details |
| The ECB and the Commission. Competition, Power Dynamics and Differentiation in EU crisis governance | View Paper Details |
| The ECB: Output legitimacy and dominance as uneasy bedfellows | View Paper Details |
| Executive dominance in a segmented political order – what are the defining characteristics? | View Paper Details |