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Modeling Conflict And Exchange In Collective Decision Making
Full text linkTwo dynamic models of collecuve decision maklng are Introduced and lllustrated wlth a simple example. A more extensive presentation and appllcauon concerning the European Community can be found In Bueno de Mesqulta and Stokman (19941. The two dynamlc models reflect two alternative views of collective decision making and politics. The flrst, represented In Ule expected utility model, conceives of collective decision making as conflict resolution, a non-cooperative game, fundamentally different from exchange relaUons In economics. The second. represented in the exchange model of Stokman and Van Oosten (19941, does not see fundamental differences between economic exchanges and political decision making. Dynamic Models. Collective Decision Making. Conflict Resolution, Economlc Exchange Relations
Winners and losers in the European Union
Full text linkThis special issue examines legislative decision-making in the European Union (EU). By focusing on specific examples of legislative decision-making and actors’ preferences in those situations, we aim to address questions of interest to mainstream Europeanists
Tussen toeschouwen en meesturen. De rol van commissarissen in en tussen grote vennootschappen
Full text linkHet doel van dit onderzoek was vast te stellen op welke wijze en onder welke condities commissarissen gebruik maken van hun mogelijkheden het beleid te beinvloeden. Om dit mogelijk te maken werd een beschrijving van het algeheel functioneren van commissarissen noodzakelijk geacht. De tweede centrale vraag in dit onderzoek betreft personele unies tussen vennootschappen. Reeds vele jaren is de cumulatie van commissariaten bij een beperkte groep personen en de daaruit resulterende dubbelfuncties onderwerp van publieke en wetenschappelijke discussie. Aan dit laatste leverde, voor de Nederlandse situatie, het onderzoek van Mokken en Stokman (Graven naar Macht, 1975) een belangrijke bijdrage. Het nu afgesloten onderzoek beoogde meer licht te werpen op het ontstaan en de functie van de personele unies....
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Decision-making in the Enlarged Council of Ministers: Evaluating the Facts. CEPS Policy Brief, No. 119, 28 January 2007
Full text link[From the Introduction]. Many experts and practitioners expected the 2004 enlargement to affect both the efficiency and content of policymaking in the EU. Contrary to these expectations, most accounts of decision-making in the Council of Ministers have concluded that the EU’s most important legislative body has functioned relatively smoothly following the enlargement ‘big bang’ in 2004. Yet many aspects of the enlargement of the EU institutions have not been adequately reported or evaluated. In order to give a more nuanced insight into the impact of enlargement, this Policy Brief presents and analyses data revealing some of the general changes that have occurred in the Council since May 2004. The analysis shows that this institution has indeed been challenged by the difficult task of getting 25 member states to come to agreement. One can then only wonder what the consequences are for an EU of 27. Furthermore, although the findings do not appear to reflect any immediate crisis in terms of the overall efficiency of the institution, the evidence is mixed with regard to individual policy areas. Lastly, the data indicate that the internal working processes in the Council have been influenced by the expansion. Each of these observed changes may in the long run have important implications for the nature and content of policy-making in the EU, and pose further challenges to the transparency of the institution and accountability of the government representatives
Research design : measuring actors positions', saliences and capabilities
No full textThis chapter looks at measuring actors positions', saliences and capabilities within the context of research desig
Package deals in EU decision-making
Full text linkThis is a paper about legislative package deals in the European Union and their effects on
EU policy outcomes. It analyzes inter-chamber legislative exchange between the Council
of Ministers and the European Parliament. The key argument is that package deals increase
the legislative influence of the European Parliament across legislative procedures and
policy areas. Package deals allow Member States to establish control over the financial
aspects of legislation and to ensure its adoption without delay. In exchange, the European
Parliament gains further institutional powers and access to some of the EU’s most salient
policy areas. The argument is tested empirically through the quantitative analysis of 1465
co-decision and consultation proposals, 19 policy areas and 8 years. The results indicate
that the use of package deals in the EU is conditional on the distributive nature of
legislative proposals, and their urgency. In turn, package deals extend the EP’s legislative
influence in distributive policy areas and increase its institutional powers
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