Understanding Decision Making In The European Union

Author : Edward Best
Publisher : Springer
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319223742

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Understanding EU Decision-Making by Edward Best Pdf

This book presents in a concise and accessible way why the EU institutional system exists in its present form, how the EU fits into the world as a system of governance, and who is involved in EU policy processes. It outlines the historical context which has shaped the EU system, gives a summary of the system's basic principles and structures, and describes its actors, procedures and instruments. The main theme is to show that EU decision-making is not just a matter of action at some higher and separate level, of ‘them and us’, but rather that it involves different forms of cooperation between European, national and regional authorities, as well as interaction between public and private actors. Numerous short case studies illustrate how people’s day-to-day activities are affected by EU decisions, and how individuals’ concerns are represented in the decision-making process. The book provides insights and examples which will be very helpful for all students of European integration. It will also be a valuable resource for European citizens wishing to understand the basic realities and rationales, as well as some of the dilemmas, behind EU policy-making.

Author : John Peterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Decision making
ISBN : 0951997947

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Author : John Peterson,Elizabeth Bomberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349275076

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Decision-Making in the European Union by John Peterson,Elizabeth Bomberg Pdf

Based on exhaustive research, this book explains how the European Union makes decisions in seven major policy sectors. Written in a clear, user-friendly style, it brings the EU alive for a student and non-specialist audience. The book's central themes are that informal norms often matter more than formal rules, agency often matters more than structure, and abrupt change often punctuates deadlock. It offers a theoretically-based introduction to the lively, humorous and fascinating politics of a unique experiment in modern governance.

Author : Arne Niemann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139460712

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Explaining Decisions in the European Union by Arne Niemann Pdf

Explaining outcomes of decision-making at the European level has occupied scholars since the late 1950s, yet analysts continue to disagree on the most important factors in the process. In this book, Arne Niemann examines the interplay of the supranational, governmental and non-governmental actors involved in EU integration, along with the influence of domestic, supranational and international structures. The book restates and develops neofunctionalism as an approach for explaining decisions in the European Union and assesses the usefulness of the revised neofunctionalist framework on three case studies: the emergence and development of the PHARE programme, the reform of the Common Commercial Policy, and the communitarisation of visa, asylum and immigration policy. Niemann argues that this classic theory can be modified in such a way as to draw on a wider theoretical repertoire and that many micro-level concepts can sensibly be accommodated within his larger neofunctionalist framework.

Author : Bruce Bueno de Mesquita,Frans N. Stokman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300057598

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European Community Decision Making by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita,Frans N. Stokman Pdf

This pathbreaking book illuminates the politics of issue resolution within the European community by evaluating and comparing competing models of decision making across twenty-two policy issues. Written by American and Dutch scholars in the field, the book will be of great interest to students of comparative politics, public policy analysts, mathematic modelers, and all those concerned with the development of the European Community. Contributors: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Samuel Eldersveld, Jacek Kugler, A. F. K. Organski, Roy Pierce, Frans N. Stokman, Jan M. M. Van den Bos, Reinier Van Costen, John H. P. Williams

Author : John Peterson,Elizabeth E. Bomberg
Publisher : MacMillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : European Union
ISBN : 0333604911

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Decision-making in the European Union by John Peterson,Elizabeth E. Bomberg Pdf

The European Union is a uniquely successful experiment in international cooperation and modern governance. The creation of a single currency and impending eastern enlargement make EU decision-making more important than ever before in determining how Europe is governed. Based on exhaustive and original research, this book provides a clear and theoretically grounded analysis of how the European Union makes decisions. The book provides in-depth coverage of a number of major policy sectors: the internal market, external trade, agriculture, cohesion, the environment, research and technological development, and the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Its central themes--that informal norms often matter more than formal rules, that agency often matters more than structure, and that abrupt change often punctuates deadlock--are developed systematically throughout.

Author : Anne Elizabeth Stie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135125462

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Democratic Decision-making in the EU by Anne Elizabeth Stie Pdf

This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret meetings. The book assesses and discusses the conditions for democratic input in decision-making with five empirical chapters each addressing the ordinary legislative procedure from different dimensions: democratic deliberative forums, inclusion, openness, power neutralising mechanisms and decision-making capacity. The analytical framework provides for an in-depth assessment of the ordinary legislative procedure’s potential democratic qualities and examines whether it fulfils democratic criteria, how the procedure works in practice and whether it has the necessary democratic clout. The author provides both a theoretical discussion and an empirical assessment of what role the principle of democracy could play in the EU. Filling a gap in EU legislative studies and contributing to the debate on the European democratic deficit, Democratic Decision-making in the EU will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union politics, legislative studies and deliberative democracy.

Author : Robert Thomson,Frans N. Stokman,Christopher H. Achen,Thomas König
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139458795

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The European Union Decides by Robert Thomson,Frans N. Stokman,Christopher H. Achen,Thomas König Pdf

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.

Author : John Peterson,Elizabeth E. Bomberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : European Union
ISBN : 9290792078

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Author : Robert Thomson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139505178

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Resolving Controversy in the European Union by Robert Thomson Pdf

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.

Author : Liesbeth Dries,Wim Heijman,Roel Jongeneel,Kai Purnhagen,Justus Wesseler
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030286347

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EU Bioeconomy Economics and Policies: Volume I by Liesbeth Dries,Wim Heijman,Roel Jongeneel,Kai Purnhagen,Justus Wesseler Pdf

This two-volume book provides an important overview to EU economic and policy issues related to the development of the bioeconomy. What have been the recent trends and what are the implications for future economic development and policy making? Where does EU bioeconomy policy sit within an international context and what are the financial frameworks behind them? Volume I explores the economic theory of bioeconomy policy, as well as European integration, European agriculture, EU budget and future developments in EU agriculture policies.

Author : Lasse Gerrits,Peter Marks
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783473151

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Understanding Collective Decision Making by Lasse Gerrits,Peter Marks Pdf

One of the main challenges facing contemporary society is to understand how people can make decisions together. Understanding Collective Decision Making builds on evolutionary theories and presents an analytical tool to analyse and visualise collective decision making. By combining theoretical research with real world case studies, the authors provide a coherent and conclusive solution to the often fragmented and dispersed literature on the subject.

Author : Madeleine Hosli,Amie Kreppel,Bĕla Plechanovová,Amy Verdun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317521020

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Decision making in the EU before and after the Lisbon Treaty by Madeleine Hosli,Amie Kreppel,Bĕla Plechanovová,Amy Verdun Pdf

Decision-making in the European Union before and after the Lisbon Treaty aims to assess what the changes the Treaty of Lisbon envisaged and whether these ambitions have materialised since the Treaty entered into force. It offers analyses of the past, as well as what might be the future (because some provisions will only enter into effect in the years to come). To what extent has the current decision-making process been able to address the shortcomings and challenges of the past? What has been the impact of aspects of the Lisbon Treaty that clarified pre-existing norms and structures, in some cases formalizing them, rather than introducing new changes? The authors in this book look at the interaction between formal rules and informal practices seeking to point to the interaction between the two. They find that informal practices to date typically still dominate formal rules. This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Author : Emil Joseph Kirchner
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0719039967

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Decision-making in the European Community by Emil Joseph Kirchner Pdf

In this first major assessment of EC decision-making at the highest levels for ten years, Emil Kirchner examines the Council Presidency's role in European integration. The author demonstrates how the EC Council Presidency plays a crucial role in the integration process enhanced by the Single European Act and the two Intergovernmental Conferences on EMU and Political Union. He evaluates the balance and distribution of power between national and Community actors, and asks whether the Council Presidency is primarily an instrument to maintain national control of EC decision-making, rather than a device for promoting integration. He sheds light on the negotiations which led to the SEA and the two Intergovernmental Conferences, and argues for a new interpretation of the relationship between the EC and its constituent states. EC decision-making is not characterised by a transfer of powers from the national to the EC level, but by a sharing of competences between national and Community institutions and a 'pooling of sovereignties' among member governments that is analogous to 'co-operative federalism'. Decision-making in the European Community will be vital reading for political scientists and students interested in the EC; and for all those seeking to understand European integration, potentially the 1990s' most important political development.

Author : Harald Löberbauer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783638527705

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The Political Process in the European Union: Decision Making Procedures and Implementation of Policy by Harald Löberbauer Pdf

Scientific Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna - School of International Studies, course: The political process of the EU: decision-making procedures, language: English, abstract: Answers two major questions: 1. To what extent can one say that the Council and the EP are on an “equal footing” in the legislative process? 2. The member state level and the European (EU) level do not work separately but constantly “overlap” in the EU decision-making process (for example by way of committees). Do you agree and how could one practically illustrate this trend of “interaction” between the different levels?