Procedural Politics : Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union

Joseph Jupille

ISBN 10: 0521832535 / ISBN 13: 9780521832533

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book was first published in 2004. Under what conditions, in what ways, and with what effects do actors engage in politics with respect to, rather than merely within, political institutions Using multiple methods and original data, Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules - procedural politics - and applies it to European Union integration and politics. Assuming that actors influence maximizers, it argues and demonstrates that the jurisdiction ambiguity of issues provides opportunities for procedural politics and that influence-differences among institutional alternatives provide the incentives. It also argues and demonstrates that procedural politics occurs by predictable means (most notably, involving procedural coalition formation and strategic issue-definition) and exerts predictable effects on policymaking efficiency and outcomes and long-run institutional change. Beyond illuminating previously under-appreciated aspects of EU rule governance, these findings generalize to all rule-governed political systems and form the basis of fuller accounts of the role of institutions in political life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Procedural Politics : Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521832535
• ISBN 13: 9780521832533
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 22D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 634 grams

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Synopsis

After developing an argument to determine when actors will try and reshape political rules, rather than operate within them, Joseph Jupille applies it to European Union (EU) integration and politics. Jupille demonstrates that the European Union is far more deeply rule-governed than is traditionally understood and, accordingly, reveals a much more complete picture of the role of rules in political life than is available in most existing research.

Book Description

Procedural Politics is about the ways in which rules do and do not structure political life. It develops an arguement about when actors will try and reshape political rules, rather than operating within them, and applies the argument to European Union (EU) integration and politics. It demonstrates that the European Union is far more deeply rule-governed than is traditionally understood and it paints a much fuller picture of the role of rules in political life than is available in most existing work.