(2008):
Die Europäische Kommission. Supranationale Bürokratie oder Agent der Mitgliedstaaten?.
Baden-Baden:
Nomos.
[Regieren in Europa; 15]
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Dr. Arndt Wonka
former staff member
Phone:
+49-621-181-2842Research Interests
- The European Commission
- Institutions and Politics (in the European Union)
- Interest intermediation (interest groups and political parti
Projects
RP7 B3 Democratic Multi-level Governance
RP6 B3 Democracy and Multi-Level Governance
Publications
(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)
Monographs
Editions
Warntjen, Andreas, and Arndt Wonka
(Eds.)
(2004):
Governance in Europe – the role of interest groups.
Baden-Baden:
Nomos.
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Journal Articles
Schneider, Ellen, Berthold Rittberger and Arndt Wonka
(2014):
Adapting to Europe? Regional MPs' Involvement in EU Affairs in Germany.
Regional & Federal Studies, 24, issue 4, pp. 407 - 427.
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Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger
(2011):
Agency Governance in the European Union.
Journal of European Public Policy. Special Issue, 18, issue 6, pp. 780-789.
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Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger
(2011):
Perspectives on EU governance: an empirical assessment of the political attitudes of EU agency professionals.
Journal of European Public Policy. Special Issue, 18, issue 6, pp. 888-908.
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Rittberger, Berthold, and Arndt Wonka
(2010):
Credibility, Complexity and Uncertainty: Explaining the Institutional Independence of 29 EUAgencies.
West European Politics, 33, issue 4, pp. 730-752.
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Wonka, Arndt
(2008):
Decision-making dynamics in the European Commission: partisan, national or sectoral?.
Journal of European Public Policy, 15, issue 8, pp. 1145-1163.
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Technocratic and independent? The appointment of European Commissioners and its policy implications.
Journal of European Public Policy, 14, issue 2, pp. 171-191.
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Hörl, Björn, Andreas Warntjen and Arndt Wonka
(2005):
Built on quicksand? A decade of procedural spatial models on EU legislative decision-making.
Journal of European Public Policy, 12, issue 3, pp. 592-606.
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Book Chapters
Wonka, Arndt
(2008):
Die Europäische Kommission in EU-Entscheidungsprozessen.
Pp. 111-131 in:
Thorsten Selck, Tim Veen
(Eds.)
Die politische Ökonomie des EU-Entscheidungsprozesses. Modelle und Anwendungen.
Wiesbaden:
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
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Wonka, Arndt
(2008):
Europeanized convergence? British and German business associations’ European lobbying strategies in the formulation of REACH.
Pp. 179-199 in:
Jürgen R. Grote, Achim Lang, Volker Schneider
(Eds.)
Organised Business Interests in Changing Environments.
Houndmills:
Palgrave Macmillan.
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Lehnert, Matthias, Bernhard Miller and Arndt Wonka
(2007):
Increasing the Relevance of Research Questions: Considerations on Theoretical and Social Relevance in Political Science.
Pp. 62-79 in:
Thomas Gschwend, Frank Schimmelfennig
(Eds.)
Research Design in Political Science. How to practice what they preach?.
Houndmills:
Palgrave MacMillan.
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Lehnert, Matthias, Bernhard Miller and Arndt Wonka
(2007):
Na und? Überlegungen zur theoretischen und gesellschaftlichen Relevanz in der Politikwissenschaft.
Pp. 39-60 in:
Thomas Gschwend, Frank Schimmelfennig
(Eds.)
Forschungsdesign in der Politikwissenschaft. Probleme - Strategien – Anwendungen.
Frankfurt/Main:
Campus.
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Concept Specification in Political Science Research.
Pp. 41-61 in:
Thomas Gschwend, Frank Schimmelfennig
(Eds.)
Research Design in Political Science. How to practice what they preach?.
Houndmills:
Palgrave MacMillan.
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Um was geht es? Konzeptspezifikation in der politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung.
Pp. 63-89 in:
Thomas Gschwend, Frank Schimmelfennig
(Eds.)
Forschungsdesign in der Politikwissenschaft. Probleme - Strategien – Anwendungen.
Frankfurt/Main:
Campus.
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Wonka, Arndt
(2005):
Lobbying des Europäischen Parlaments.
Pp. 165-172 in:
Andreas Maurer, Dietmar Nickel
(Eds.)
Das Europäische Parlament. Supranationalität, Repräsentation und Legitimation.
Baden-Baden:
NOMOS.
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Wonka, Arndt, and Andreas Warntjen
(2004):
The Making of Public Policies in the European Union: Linking Theories of Formal Decision-making and Informal Interest Intermediation.
Pp. 9-24 in:
Andreas Warntjen, Arndt Wonka
(Eds.)
Governance in Europe – the role of interest groups.
Baden-Baden:
Nomos.
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MZES Working Papers
Wonka, Arndt
(2004):
Delegation and abdication? The appointment of European Commissioners and its policy implications.
Mannheim
[Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 84]
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Thesis
Wonka, Arndt
(2006):
Supranationale Marionette an nationalen Fäden? Eine Analyse der Ernennung Europäischer Kommissare und von deren Einfluss in legislativen Entscheidungsprozessen der Kommission.
Mannheim:
Universität Mannheim.
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Papers / Reports
Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger
(2009):
How independent are EU Agencies?.
Oslo
[RECON Online Working Paper 2009/12]
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Conference Presentations
Rittberger, Berthold, and Arndt Wonka
(2009):
How Independent? Exploring the Implications of Agency Independence for Democratically Legitimate Governance in the EU.
[EUSA 11th Biennial International Conference, Marina Del Rey, California, April 23rd to April 25th, 2009]
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Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger
(2009):
Paths to independence: Determinants of institutional independence of twenty-nine EU agencies.
[European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Los Angeles, April 23rd to April 25th, 2009]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2008):
Decision-making dynamics in the European Commission: partisan, national or sectoral?.
[Wokshop "Transnational Party Politics", Florenz, Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, February 01st, 2008]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2008):
Group mobilization & Lobbying strategies.
[Transatlantic Collaboration on Civil Society, Moynihan European Research Centers, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, April 24th to April 25th, 2008]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2008):
Issue characteristics, quality of mobilization and influence of interest groups in EU decision-making.
[CONNEX Final Conference, Universität Mannheim, March 06th to March 08th, 2008]
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Wonka, Arndt, and Berthold Rittberger
(2008):
The politics of mobilisation: National parties and EU decision-making.
[Political institutions in the European Union: Theoretical and empirical innovations in current research, Universität Konstanz, July 07th to July 08th, 2008]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Executive Politics in the European Commission: Master, puppets and partisan strings.
[The role of parties in EU decision-making, Florenz, Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, March 09th to March 10th, 2007]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Executive Politics in the European Commission: Masters, puppets and partisan strings.
[EUSA Tenth Biennial International Conference, Montreal, May 17th to May 19th, 2007]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Issue characteristics, quality of mobilization and influence of interest groups in EU decision-making.
[Connex-Workshop on interest group influence, Universiteit Antwerpen, Department of Political Science, September 20th to September 21st, 2007]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
Principal(s), Agent(s) and control - the Commission revisited.
[4th ECPR General Conference, Pisa, September 06th to September 08th, 2007]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2007):
The impact of enlargement on the organisation of the European Commission.
[The Impact of Enlargement on the EU Institutions, Karlsuniversität Prag, November 23rd to November 24th, 2007]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2006):
Decision-making in the European Commission.
[European Legislative Politics, Uppsala, October 20th to October 21st, 2006]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2006):
Executive Politics in the European Commission: Portfolio dictatorship or collective politics?.
[ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, Third Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Istanbul, September 21st to September 23rd, 2006]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2006):
Technocratic and independent? The Appointment of European Commissioners and its Policy Implication.
[ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, Third Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Istanbul, September 21st to September 23rd, 2006]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2004):
Interessengruppen Lobbying gegenüber dem Europäischen Parlament.
[Das Europäische Parlament nach den Wahlen: Herausforderungen, Funktionen und Aufgabenprofile 2004-2009, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, July 02nd, 2004]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2004):
Organizing in the European Union: National business associations' European lobbying strategies in the reformulation of the EU chemicals policy..
[Organized Business Interests in Changing Environments: Responses to Europeanization and Internationalization., Universität Konstanz, January 16th to January 17th, 2004]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2004):
Organizing in the European Union: National business associations' European lobbying strategies in the reformulation of the EU chemicals policy..
[Conference on the European Chemicals Policy, Universität Uppsala, February 19th to February 20th, 2004]
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Wonka, Arndt
(2004):
The European Commission: Technocratic bureaucracy or fully-fledged EU executive?.
[UACES Student Forum 5th Annual Regional Conference, Cambridge University, Cambridge, May 08th, 2004]
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