The European Union decides
By: edited by Robert Thomson ... [et al.].
Contributors: Thomson, Robert, 1972-
Series: Political economy of institutions and decisions
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780521861892; 9780521679947
Subjects: Decision making -- European Union countries.; Legislation -- European Union countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-366) and index.
Table of contents: title: Explaining legislative decision making in the European Union / Robert Thomson and Madeleine O. Hosli; title: Research design : measuring actors' positions, saliences and capabilities / Robert Thomson and Frans N. Stokman; title: Testing procedural models of EU legislative decision-making / Bernard Steunenberg and Torsten J. Selck; title: Institutional realism and bargaining models / Christopher H. Achen; title: Compromise, exchange and challenge in the European Union / Javier Arregui, Frans N. Stokman and Robert Thomson; title: Nash versus Schelling? : the importance of constraints in legislative bargaining / Stefanie Bailer and Gerald Schneider; title: A cooperative approach to decision-making in the European Union / Vincent Boekhoorn, Adrian M.A. Van Deemen and Madeleine O. Hosli; title: A procedural exchange model of EU legislative politics / Thomas König and Sven Oliver Proksch; title: Beyond informal compromise : testing conditional formal procedures of EU decision-making / Mika Widgrén and Antti Pajala; title: Evaluating political decision-making models / Christopher H. Achen; title: Evidence with insight : what models contribute to EU research / Gerald Schneider, Bernard Steunenberg and Mika Widgrén; title: Appendix I : selection of commission proposals; title: Appendix II : comparison of expert judgements with each other and with information from Council documentation / Robert Thomson; title: References; title: Index.