(Why) Do Neighbours Cooperate? : Institutionalised Coalitions and Bargaining Power in EU Council Negotiations / Ilze Ruse

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruse, Ilze Dr., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

institutionalised coalitions.

bargaining power.

EU Council negotiations.

Local Subjects:

institutionalised coalitions.

bargaining power.

EU Council negotiations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Budrich UniPress 2012

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Negotiations in the European Union Council of Ministers are not only taking place within formal decision-making structures. Member states strive to find allies and coordinate their positions prior to formal negotiation meetings. They either create ad hoc coalitions to pool voting power or cooperate within more durable, institutionalised coalitions that traditionally form due to geographical proximity or among like-minded member states as task-specific coalitions on particular issues. Institutionalised coalitions bestow their members with a bargaining advantage even if they cannot generate enough voting weight to reach voting thresholds.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Abstract""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of tables and figures""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER 1""; ""1.1 Bargaining power in EU negotiations""; ""1.1.1 Power determinants: structural, issue-specific and behavioural bargaining power""; ""1.1.2 Power pooling through coalition-building: a view from the rational choice perspective""; ""CHAPTER 2""; ""2.1 Typology of coalitions in EU negotiations: ad hoc and institutionalised coalitions""; ""2.1.1 Patterns of coalitions in Council negotiations""; ""2.1.2 How stable are they?""

""2.2 Explaining the effects of institutionalised coalitions on bargaining power""""2.2.1 On the notion of institutionalisation: shared goals, structures and interaction intensity""; ""2.2.2 Explaining the effects of institutionalisation: a theoretical framework""; ""2.3 Brining preferences in""; ""2.4 Rational choice institutionalism and alternative theoretical explanations""; ""CHAPTER 3""; ""3.1 Institutionalised coalitions in the EU""; ""3.2 Territorially constituted coalitions""; ""3.2.2 Nordic-Baltic cooperation: evaluating the regional potential""

""3.3 Task-specific coalitions: beyond the territorial framework""""3.4 Do neighbours cooperate? Evidence from EU negotiations cases""; ""CHAPTER 4""; ""4.1 The Baltic Sea Strategy ""; ""4.2 EU negotiations on climate change""; ""4.3 The Stockholm Programme""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Policy documents""; ""Council documents""; ""Media and internet sources""; ""Speeches""; ""ANNEX""; ""List of interviews""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783863881849

3863881842

Publisher Number:

9783863881849