Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Decision Rules in the European Union

A Rational Choice Perspective

  • Book
  • © 2000

Overview

Editors:
  1. Peter Moser

    1. University for Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland, Chur, Switzerland

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Gerald Schneider

    1. University of Konstanz, Germany

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Gebhard Kirchgässner

    1. University of St Gallen, Switzerland

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Rational Choice and the Governance Structure of the European Union: An Introduction

    • Peter Moser, Gerald Schneider
    Pages 1-15

  3. Maastricht and the Democratic Deficit

    • George Tsebelis, Peter Moser
    Pages 16-47

  4. Policy Making and Commission Appointment in the European Union

    • Christophe Crombez, Simon Hug
    Pages 48-71

  5. Beyond Comitology: A Comparative Analysis of Implementation Procedures with Parliamentary Involvement

    • Bernard Steunenberg, Christian Koboldt, Dieter Schmidtchen, Gerald Schneider
    Pages 72-102

  6. 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, René Buholzer
    Pages 103-140

  7. Political Accountability in an Economic and Monetary Union

    • Susanne Lohmann, Robert Holzmann
    Pages 141-162

  8. Explaining the Centralization of the European Union: A Public Choice Analysis

    • Patrick Dunleavy, Gebhard Kirchgässner
    Pages 163-200

  9. Government Formation in the European Parliament

    • Michael Laver, Dennis C. Mueller
    Pages 201-233

  10. Decision-Making in the European Union: The Power of Political Parties

    • Josep M. Colomer, Madeleine O. Hosli, Jan-Erik Lane, Sven Berg, Reinert Maeland
    Pages 234-265

  11. Integration Through Referendums?

    • Simon Hug, Lars P. Feld
    Pages 266-298

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 299-302
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University for Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland, Chur, Switzerland

    Peter Moser

  • University of Konstanz, Germany

    Gerald Schneider

  • University of St Gallen, Switzerland

    Gebhard Kirchgässner

About the editors

Peter Moser is Professor of Economics at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Tourismus Chur, Switzerland.

Gerald Schneider is Professor of International Politics at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Gebhard Kirchgässner is Professor of Economics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation