The European Union Decides (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052167994X ISBN 13: 9780521679947

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

European legislation affects countless aspects of daily life in modern Europe but just how does the European Union make such significant legislative decisions? How important are the formal decision-making procedures in defining decision outcomes and how important is the bargaining that takes place among the actors involved? Using a combination of detailed evidence and theoretical rigour, this volume addresses these questions and others that are central to understanding how the EU works in practice. It focuses on the practice of day-to-day decision-making in Brussels and the interactions that take place among the Member States in the Council and among the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament. A unique data set of actual Commission proposals are examined against which the authors develop, apply and test a range of explanatory models of decision-making, exemplifying how to study decision-making in other political systems using advanced theoretical tools and appropriate research design.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About the Author:

Robert Thomson is a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 052167994X
• ISBN 13: 9780521679947
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 396
• Editor: Thomson Robert, Stokman Frans N., Achen Christopher H., König Thomas