Decision rules in the European Union : a rational choice perspective / edited by Peter Moser, Gerald Schneider, Gebhard Kirchgässner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moser, Peter Daniel, 1962-

Schneider, Gerald, 1962-

Kirchgässner, Gebhard

Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Decision making.

European Union.

Decision making.

Rational choice theory.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book brings together scholars from economic and political science to study the interactions within the European Union from a strategic or rational choice perspective. The contributors seek to understand the relationship between member states and competing European institutions. The book focuses on the horizontal checks and balances including the countervailing forces of legislative, regulatory, bureaucratic, and constitutional decision-making. Other examinations analyze the vertical structures, in particular the impact of the federal distributions of power on policy choices.

Contents:

1 Rational Choice and the Governance Structure of the European Union: An Introduction / Peter Moser, Gerald Schneider 1

2 Maastricht and the Democratic Deficit / George Tsebelis 16

3 Policy Making and Commission Appointment in the European Union / Christophe Crombez 48

4 Beyond Comitology: A Comparative Analysis of Implementation Procedures with Parliamentary Involvement / Bernard Steunenberg, Christian Koboldt, Dieter Schmidtchen 72

5 European Union Power and Regional Involvement: A Case Study of the Political Implications of the Reform of the Structural Funds for Ireland / Diane Payne, Robert Mokken, Frans Stokman 103

6 Political Accountability in an Economic and Monetary Union / Susanne Lohmann 141

7 Explaining the Centralization of the European Union: A Public Choice Analysis / Patrick Dunleavy 163

8 Government Formation in the European Parliament / Michael Laver 201

9 Decision-Making in the European Union: The Power of Political Parties / Josep M. Colomer, Madeleine O. Hosli 234

10 Integration through Referendums? / Simon Hug 266.

Notes:

"Collects the revised papers and discussion contributions of an interdisciplinary conference on 'Decision Rules in the European Union' ... held at the University of St. Gallen on September 11-13, 1996"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

031223029X

OCLC:

122966666