Jens Blom-Hansen Department of Political Science Aarhus University Denmark

Oct 2012 CV and list of publications Jens Blom-Hansen Department of Political Science Aarhus University Denmark Curriculum vitae: 1989: M.A. in Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark 1990-92: Head of section, Danish Ministry of Interior Affairs 1992-96: Head of section, Danish Ministry of Finance 1998: Ph.D. in Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark 1998: Ph.D.-degree 1998-2000: Assistant professor at the Department of Political Science in Aarhus 2000-2004: Associate professor at the Department of Political Science in Aarhus 2004-: Professor at the Department of Political Science in Aarhus List of publications: A. Articles in international journals with peer-review Negotiating the Post-Lisbon Comitology System: Institutional Battles over Delegated Decision- Making, Journal of Common Market Studies (forthcoming) (with Gijs Jan Brandsma). Legislative Control of Powers Delegated to the Executive: The Case of the EU, Governance (early view, 7 Sept. 2012) Reform Strategies Matter: Explaining the Perplexing Results of Regional Government Reforms in Norway and Denmark, Local Government Studies, vol. 38, 2012, pp. 71-90 (with Peter Munk Christiansen, Anne Lise Fimreite & Per Selle). The EU Comitology System: Taking Stock before the New Lisbon Regime, Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 18, 2011, pp. 607-617. Interests, Instruments, and Institutional Preferences in the EU Comitology System: The 2006 Comitology Reform, European Law Journal, vol. 17, 2011, pp. 344-365. Portfolio Allocation or Policy Horizons? Determinants of Coalition Formation in Danish Local Government, Local Government Studies, vol. 36, 2010, pp. 843-866 (with Søren Serritzlew & Asbjørn Skjæveland) The EU Comitology System: What Role for the Commission?, Public Administration, vol. 88, 2010, pp. 496-512 (with Gijs Jan Brandsma). 1

Municipal Amalgamations and Common Pool Problems. The Danish Local Government Reform in 2007, Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 33, 2010, pp. 51-73. The EU Comitology System: Intergovernmental Bargaining and Deliberative Supranationalism?, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 47, 2009, pp. 719-740 (with Gijs Jan Brandsma). Explaining Oversized Coalitions: Empirical Evidence from Local Governments, Journal of Legislative Studies, vol. 14, 2008, pp. 421-450 (with Søren Serritzlew & Asbjørn Skjæveland). The Origins of the EU Comitology System: A Case of Informal Agenda-setting by the Commission, Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 15, 2008, pp. 208-226. Theories of Coalition Formation: An Empirical Test Using Municipal Data from Denmark, European Journal of Political Researach, vol. 46, 2007, pp. 721-745 (with Søren Serritzlew & Asbjørn Skjæveland). Supranational Governance or National Business-As-Usual? The National Administration of EU Structural Funds in the Netherlands and Denmark, Public Administration, vol. 85, 2007, pp. 503-524 (with Kutsal Yesilkagit). Do Parties Matter for Local Revenue Policies? A Comparison of Denmark and Norway, European Journal of Political Research, vol. 45, 2006, pp. 445-465 (with Lars Christian monkerud & Rune Sørensen). Principals, Agents, and the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy, Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 12, 2005, pp. 624-628. Renter Illusion: Fact or Fiction?, Urban Studies vol. 42, 2005, pp. 127-140. Is Private Delivery of Public Services Really Cheaper? Evidence from Public Road Maintenance in Denmark, Public Choice, vol. 115, pp. 419-438. Budget Procedures and the Sixe of the Budget. Evidence from Danish Local Government, Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 25, 2002, pp. 85-106. The Fiscal Manipulation of a Decentralized Public Sector: Macroeconomic Policy in Denmark, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 19, 2001, pp. 607-623 (with Thomas Pallesen). Organized Interests and the State: A Disintegrating Relationship? Evidence from Denmark. European Journal of Political Research, vol. 39, 2001, pp. 391-416. Still Corporatism in Scandinavia? A Survey of Recent Empirical Findings, Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 23, 2000, pp. 157-181. Policy-Making in Central-Local Government Relations: Balancing Local Autonomy, Macroeconomic Control, and Sectoral Policy Goals, Journal of Public Policy, vol. 19, 1999, pp. 237-264. Avoiding the Joint-Decision Trap: Lessons from Intergovernmental Relations in Scandinavia, European Journal of Political Research, vol. 35, 1999, pp. 35-67 Macro-economic Control of Subcentral Governments: Experience from the USA and Scandinavia, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 16, 1998, pp. 323-340. Macroeconomic Control of Local Governments in Scandinavia: The Formative Years, Scandinavian Political Studies, vol. 21, 1998, pp. 129-161. A New Institutional Perspective on Policy Networks, Public Administration, vol. 75, Winter 1997, pp. 669-693. 2

B. Other articles and book chapters in English Local Government in Denmark and the 2007 reform, pp. 43-81 in Antti Moisio (ed.). Rethinking Local Government: Essays on Municipal Reform. Helsinki: Government Institute for Economic Research. 2012. Joint-Decision trap, pp. 1362-1364 in Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Leonardo Morlino (eds.). International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2011. Denmark: Between Local Democracy and Implementing Agency of the Welfare State, pp. 221-241 in John Loughlin, Frank Hendriks and Anders Lidström (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011 (with Anne Heeager). Local Government in Denmark, pp. 63-95 in Antti Moisio (ed.), Local Public Sector in Transition: A Nordic Perspective. Helsinki: Government Institute for Economic Research. 2010. Comments on the Finnish Model: Jens Blom-Hansen, pp. 224-229 in Antti Moisio (ed.), Local Public Sector in Transition: A Nordic Perspective. Helsinki: Government Institute for Economic Research. 2010. The Fiscal Federalism Theory of Grants: Some Reflections from Political Science, pp. 107-126 in Junghun Kim, Jørgen Lotz and Niels Jørgen Mau (eds.). General Grants versus Earmarked Grants Theory and Practice. Seoul and Copenhagen: The Korea Institute of Public Finance and the Danish Ministry of Interior and Health. 2010. The Danish Comitology Survey. Technical Report, Aarhus: Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, 2007. 32 pp. C. Articles and book chapters in Danish Den danske kommunalreform i 2007, book chapter in Andreas Ivarsson (ed.) Nordisk kommunforskning. En forskningsöversikt med 113 projekt. Göteborg: Förvaltningshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet. 2011. Koalitionsdannelse i danske kommuner, book chapter in Andreas Ivarsson (ed.) Nordisk kommunforskning. En forskningsöversikt med 113 projekt. Göteborg: Förvaltningshögskolan, Göteborgs Universitet. 2011 (with Asbjørn Skjæveland & Søren Serritzlew). Teorier om samspillet mellem stat og interesseorganisationer, book chapter in Lars Bo Kaspersen & Jørn Loftager (eds.). Klassisk og moderne politisk teori. Copenhagen: Hans Reitzels Forlag. 2009 (with Carsten Daugbjerg). Hvordan lægges et offentligt budget?, book chapter in Peter Munk Christiansen (ed.). Budgetlægning og offentlige udgifter. Aarhus: Academica. 2008. (with S. Serritzlew). Budgetlægning i kommuner og regioner, book chapter in Peter Munk Christiansen (ed.). Budgetlægning og offentlige udgifter. Aarhus: Academica. 2008. (with S. Serritzlew). Konstitueringerne: De lange knives nat?, book chapter in R. Buch & J. Elklit (eds.) Nye kommunalvalg? Kontinuitet og forandring ved valget i 2005. Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag. 2007 (with A. Skjæveland og S. Serritzlew). 3

Pengeafbrænding før lukketid? Om kommunernes økonomiske dispositioner op mod kommunesammenlægningerne i 2007, book chapter in V. Lehmann Nielsen & N. Ploug (eds.). Når politik bliver til virkelighed. København: SFI Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. 2007. Europæisering: Bottom-up eller top-down?, Tidsskriftet Politik, vol. 9, nr. 3, 2006, pp. 42-53. Den store kommunalreform og dens konsekvenser, book chapter in J. Blom-Hansen, J. Elklit & S. Serritzlew (eds.) Kommunalreformens konsekvenser. Aarhus: Academica (with J. Elklit og S. Serritzlew). Stordriftsfordele i den kommunale verden?, Økonomi og Politik, vol. 78, nr. 2, 2005, pp. 2-11. Jo større, jo dyrere. En ny belysning af skalaeffekter i den kommunale administration, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 86, 2005, pp. 5-27 (with Brian Larsen) Stordriftsfordele i den kommunale serviceproduktion? Børnepasning som eksempel, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift vol. 85, 2004, pp. 277-294. Spørgeskemaundersøgelse om koalitionsdannelse i de danske kommuner. Design og svarfordelinger. Aarhus: Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. 2004. 19 pp. (with Søren Serritzlew & Asbjørn Skjæveland) EU og Danmark, Politica, vol. 36, 2004, pp. 439-452 (with Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen). Stordriftsfordele i den kommunale serviceproduktion? Skoleområdet som eksempel, book chapter in J. Blom-Hansen, A. Sonne Nørgaard & T. Pallesen (eds.). Politisk ukorrekt. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2004. Virker det kommunale demokrati?, book chapter in Leif Olsen & Nils Groes (eds.). Brudstykker eller sammenhæng? En antologi om forudsætningerne for en offentlig strukturreform. Copenhagen: AKF Forlaget, 2004. Det danske EU-koordinationssystem, book chapter in Danmark 30 år i EU et festskrift. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. 2003 (with Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen). De institutionelle spilleregler i EU, Politica, vol. 34, 2002, pp. 357-362 (with Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen). Hvorfor ikke bruge den private sektor til løsning af kommunale opgaver? Erfaringer fra vejområdet, book chapter in Jens Blom-Hansen, Finn Bruun & Thomas Pallesen (eds.). Kommunale patologier. Traditionelle og utraditionelle organisationsformer i den kommunale verden. Aarhus: Systime, 2002. Kommunale patologier i teori og praksis, book chapter in Jens Blom-Hansen, Finn Bruun & Thomas Pallesen (eds.). Kommunale patologier. Traditionelle og utraditionelle organisationsformer i den kommunale verden. Aarhus: Systime, 2002 (with Thomas Pallesen). Kan økonomien styres? Prioriteringsinstrumenter i den kommunale budgetlægning, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 82, 2001, pp. 349-366 (with Lisbeth Binderup). Aftalesystemet mellem staten og kommunerne, book chapter in Rolf Nordstrand & Nils Groes (eds.), Det fremtidige kommunestyre. København: AKF forlaget, 2001. Budgetprocessen og budgettets størrelse: Kommunale erfaringer, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 82, 2001, pp. 131-151. Stikprøveundersøgelse af kommunalpolitikere. Design og svarfordelinger, Report. Aarhus: Department of Political Science (with Søren Serritzlew), 2000. Finansministeriet som ødeland i Ørestaden. Hvorfor er ministeriet gået så aktivt ind i netop dette projekt?, book chapter in Sven Skovmand (ed.), Manhattan på Amager. Sagen om Ørestaden. Copenhagen: Aschehoug, 2000 (with Thomas Pallesen). 4

Budgetsamarbejdet mellem staten og kommunerne: En samfundskontrakt i opløsning?, book chapter in Peter Dahler-Larsen & Kurt Klaudi Klausen (eds.), Festfyrværkeri eller gravøl? En debatbog om den danske kommune ved årtusindeskiftet, Odense: Odense Universitetsforlag, 2000. Staten og de organiserede interesser: En teoretisk introduktion, book chapter in Jens Blom- Hansen og Carsten Daugbjerg (eds.), Magtens organisering: Stat og interesseorganisationer i Danmark. Aarhus: Systime, 1999 (with Carsten Daugbjerg). Magtens organisering, book chapter in Jens Blom-Hansen og Carsten Daugbjerg (eds.), Magtens organisering: Stat og interesseorganisationer i Danmark. Aarhus: Systime, 1999 (with Carsten Daugbjerg). Økonomisk politik: Interesseorganisationerne sat uden for døren?, book chapter in Jens Blom- Hansen og Carsten Daugbjerg (eds.), Magtens organisering: Stat og interesseorganisationer i Danmark. Aarhus: Systime, 1999 (with Søren Worsøe Laursen). Fuld behovsdækning! Skandinavisk børnepasningspolitik mod år 2000, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 79, 1998, pp. 329-352 Sisyfos på arbejde: Ventetidsgarantier i de skandinaviske sygehusvæsener, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 79, 1998, pp. 359-390. Børnepasningsdækning i de skandinaviske lande. En ajourført opgørelse, Report. Aarhus: Department of Political Science (with Stig Henneberg), 1998. Kommunalt selvstyre under ansvar, book chapter in J. Blom-Hansen, J. G. Christensen, J. B. Damgaard, P. Nannestad, T. Pallesen and L. D. Pedersen, Offentligt og effektivt? Institutionelle valg i den offentlige sektor. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1998. Kan budgetsamarbejdet mellem staten og kommunerne forbedres?, Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift, vol. 77, 1996, pp. 285-305. D. Books Democracy, Elections and Political Parties. Aarhus: Politica (edited with Christoffer Green- Pedersen and Svend-Erik Skaaning). 2012. Fra sogn til velfærdsproducent. Kommunestyret gennem fire årtier [From Parish to Welfare Producer. Local Government through Four Decades]. Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag. 2012. (co-authored with Marius Ibsen, Thorkil Juul and Poul Erik Mouritzen). 198 pp. The Comitology System in Theory and Practice: Keeping an Eye on the EU Commission? Houndsmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. 215 pp. Perspektiver på politik. Bidrag til samfundsdebatten [Perspectives on Politics. Contributions to the General Debate]. Aarhus: Academica. 2009 (edited with J. Elklit). 344 pp. Kommunalreformens konsekvenser [The Consequences of the Municipal Reform]. Aarhus: Academica. 2006 (edited with J. Elklit & S. Serritzlew). 230 pp. Politisk korrekt [Politically Uncorrect]. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. 2004 (edited with A. Sonne Nørgaard & T. Pallesen). 274 pp. Den europæiske forbindelse [The European Connection]. Aarhus: Magtudredningen (co-authored with Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen). 2004. 160 pp. Subsidiaritetsprinicippet vendt på hovedet? EU s strukturpolitik og Danmark [The Principle of Subsidiarity Turned Upside Down? EU Cohesion Policy and Denmark]. Aarhus: Magtudredningen. 2003. 108 pp. 5

Den fjerde statsmagt? Kommunernes Landsforening i dansk politik [The Fourth State Power? The National Association of Local Authorities in National Politics]. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 2002. 276 pp. Kommunale patologier. Traditionelle og utraditionelle organisationsformer i den kommunale verden [Municipal Pathologies. Traditional and Untraditional Organizational Forms at the Local Level]. Aarhus: Systime. 2002 (edited with Finn Bruun & Thomas Pallesen). Magtens organisering: Stat og interesseorganisationer i Danmark [Organizing Power: The State and Interest Organizations in Denmark]. Aarhus: Systime. 1999 (edited with Carsten Daugbjerg). Studier i statens styring af den kommunale sektors økonomi [Studies in Central Control of Local Government Expenditure]. Aarhus: Politica. 1998 6