The European Union decides /

edited by Robert Thomson ... [et al.].
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Thomson, Robert, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-366) and index.

Physical description: xix, 372 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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ISBN:0521861896 (hbk.)
9780521861892 (hbk.)
Table of Contents:
Explaining legislative decision making in the European Union /Robert Thomson and Madeleine O. Hosli
Research design : measuring actors' positions, saliences and capabilities /Robert Thomson and Frans N. Stokman
Testing procedural models of EU legislative decision-making /Bernard Steunenberg and Torsten J. Selck
Institutional realism and bargaining models /Christopher H. Achen
Compromise, exchange and challenge in the European Union /Javier Arregui, Frans N. Stokman and Robert Thomson
Nash versus Schelling? : the importance of constraints in legislative bargaining /Stefanie Bailer and Gerald Schneider
A cooperative approach to decision-making in the European Union /Vincent Boekhoorn, Adrian M.A. Van Deemen and Madeleine O. Hosli
A procedural exchange model of EU legislative politics /Thomas König and Sven Oliver Proksch
Beyond informal compromise : testing conditional formal procedures of EU decision-making /Mika Widgrén and Antti Pajala
Evaluating political decision-making models /Christopher H. Achen
Evidence with insight : what models contribute to EU research /Gerald Schneider, Bernard Steunenberg and Mika Widgrén
Appendix I : selection of commission proposals
Appendix II : comparison of expert judgements with each other and with information from Council documentation / Robert Thomson
References
Index.