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Resolving controversy in the European Union : legislative decision-making before and after enlargement / Robert Thomson.

By: Thomson, Robert, 1972-Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2011. Description: xiii, 323 p. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107013766 (hbk.) :; 1107013763 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Decision making -- European Union countries | Legislation -- European Union countries | Legislative bodies -- European Union countries | European Union countries -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 328.4 LOC classification: JN30 | .T495 2011Online resources: Cover image | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introducing the political system of the European Union; 2. Research design: measuring controversy spatially; Part I. Inputs: 3. The European Union's political space; 4. The European Commission's policy positions; 5. The European Parliament's policy positions; 6. Member states' policy positions; Part II. Processes: 7. Transforming policy positions into decision outcomes; 8. The relative power of the institutions; 9. The relative power of the member states; Part III. Outputs: 10. Decision outcomes; 11. Delegation; 12. Evaluating and improving the European Union; Appendix: the selection of legislative proposals.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introducing the political system of the European Union; 2. Research design: measuring controversy spatially; Part I. Inputs: 3. The European Union's political space; 4. The European Commission's policy positions; 5. The European Parliament's policy positions; 6. Member states' policy positions; Part II. Processes: 7. Transforming policy positions into decision outcomes; 8. The relative power of the institutions; 9. The relative power of the member states; Part III. Outputs: 10. Decision outcomes; 11. Delegation; 12. Evaluating and improving the European Union; Appendix: the selection of legislative proposals.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.