Subsidiarity can help to prevent the exercise of tyrannical power of the central government and protect a sphere of liberty in the smaller units of a community.
Over the past two decades, subsidiarity has become an important instrument to strengthen the role of national parliaments in the European architecture.
By tracing the location of authority at different levels of European governance this book examines the pressures for effective decision-making despite the changing policy preferences of governments.
The question of how powers should be distributed between the EU and the member states requires an empirical investigation into the practical application of subsidiarity from the perspective of multiple disciplines.
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