| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introducing the political system of the European Union -- Research design : measuring controversy spatially -- Part I. Inputs ; The European Union's political space -- The European Commission's policy positions -- The European Parliament's policy positions -- Member states' policy positions -- Part II. Processes ; Transforming policy positions into decision outcomes -- The relative power of the institutions -- The relative power of the member states -- Part III. Outputs ; Decision outcomes -- Delegation -- Evaluating and improving the European Union -- Appendix. The selection of legislative proposals |
| Summary |
How does the EU resolve controversy when making laws that affect citizens? How has the EU been affected by the recent enlargements that brought its membership to a diverse group of twenty-seven countries? This book answers these questions with analyses of the EU's legislative system that include the roles played by the European Commission, European Parliament and member states' national governments in the Council of Ministers. Robert Thomson examines more than 300 controversial issues in the EU from the past decade and describes many cases of controversial decision-making as well as rigorous comparative analyses. The analyses test competing expectations regarding key aspects of the political system, including the policy demands made by different institutions and member states, the distributions of power among the institutions and member states, and the contents of decision outcomes. These analyses are also highly relevant to the EU's democratic deficit and various reform proposals.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-319), and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
European Union.
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European Parliament -- Resolutions
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Decision making -- European Union countries
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Legislation -- European Union countries -- Decision making
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Legislative bodies -- European Union countries
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Conflict of laws -- European Union countries
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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Decision making
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Legislation
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Legislative bodies
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| SUBJECT |
European Union countries -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
European Union countries
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| Genre/Form |
Instructional and educational works.
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Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011026305 |
| ISBN |
9781139221139 |
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1139221132 |
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9781139224574 |
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1139224573 |
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9781139005357 |
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9781107229655 |
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9786613580238 |
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6613580236 |
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1139218050 |
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9781139218054 |
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1139214969 |
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9781139214964 |
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