Title The European Union decides / edited by Robert Thomson [and others]

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 372 pages) : illustrations Series Political economy of institutions and decisions Political economy of institutions and decisions. Contents Explaining legislative decision making in the European Union / Robert Thomson and Madeleine O. Hosli -- Research design : measuring actors' positions, saliences and capabilities / Robert Thomson and Frans N. Stokman -- Testing procedural models of EU legislative decision-making / Bernard Steunenberg and Torsten J. Selck -- Institutional realism and bargaining models / Christopher H. Achen -- Compromise, exchange and challenge in the European Union / Javier Arregui, Frans N. Stokman and Robert Thomson -- Nash versus Schelling? : the importance of constraints in legislative bargaining / Stefanie Bailer and Gerald Schneider -- A cooperative approach to decision-making in the European Union / Vincent Boekhoorn, Adrian M.A. Van Deemen and Madeleine O. Hosli -- A procedural exchange model of EU legislative politics / Thomas König and Sven Oliver Proksch -- Beyond informal compromise : testing conditional formal procedures of EU decision-making / Mika Widgrén and Antti Pajala -- Evaluating political decision-making models / Christopher H. Achen -- Evidence with insight : what models contribute to EU research / Gerald Schneider, Bernard Steunenberg and Mika Widgrén -- Appendix I : selection of commission proposals -- Appendix II : comparison of expert judgements with each other and with information from Council documentation / Robert Thomson -- References -- Index Summary How are decisions taken in the European Union? How important are the formal decision-making procedures in defining decision outcomes and the bargaining that takes place among the actors involved? This volume addresses questions that are central to understanding how the EU works and how it makes important legislative decisions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-366) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Europäische Union gnd Subject Decision making -- European Union countries Legislation -- European Union countries Law -- European Economic Community countries LAW -- International. UE/CE Institutions et organes. UE/CE Compétences institutionnelles. Prise de décision. Techniques législatives. Modèles mathématiques. Decision making Legislation Entscheidungsmodell Mitgliedsstaaten Gesetzgebung European Union countries Europäische Union. Form Electronic book Author Thomson, Robert, 1972- LC no. 2006023323 ISBN 0511246242 9780511246241 9780511246937 0511246935 0511244789 9780511244780 051124553X 9780511245534 9780511492082 0511492081 9786610702695 6610702691

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