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Unveiling the Council of the European Union

Games Governments Play in Brussels

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Daniel Naurin

    1. Department of Political Science, Göteborg University, Sweden

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  2. Helen Wallace

    1. European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: from Rags to Riches

    1. Introduction: from Rags to Riches

      • Daniel Naurin, Helen Wallace
      Pages 1-20

  4. Consensus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Veto Player Theory and Consensus Behaviour

      • Thomas König, Dirk Junge
      Pages 81-98

    3. The Mechanisms of Consensus: Coming to Agreement on Community Asylum Policy

      • Jonathan P. Aus
      Pages 99-118

  5. Deliberation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Deliberation and Bargaining in the Article 113 Committee and the 1996/97 IGC Representatives Group

      • Arne Niemann
      Pages 121-143

    3. Risk Regulation, GMOs and the Limits of Deliberation

      • Mark A. Pollack, Gregory C. Shaffer
      Pages 144-164

    4. Strategic Bargaining, Norms and Deliberation

      • Jeffrey Lewis
      Pages 165-184

  7. Methodological Debate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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    2. How Should We Best Study the Council of Ministers?

      • Dorothee Heisenberg
      Pages 261-276
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About this book

Thanks to new transparency rules and increased efforts by scholars, researchers are better equipped than ever before to analyze the decision-making processes of the Council of the European Union and to test old wisdoms. This book covers the most contentious areas and important debates in current research.

Reviews

'Highly interesting from start to finish.' - European Library

'The volume's excellent choice of contributions and its comprehensive and encouraging insights raise the bar in Council studies several notches.' - Tim Veen, University of Nottingham, Political Studies Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Göteborg University, Sweden

    Daniel Naurin

  • European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Helen Wallace

About the editors

DANIEL NAURIN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is the author or Deliberation behind Closed Doors: Transparency and Lobbying in the European Union.
 
HELEN WALLACE is Centennial Professor in the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She is the author of numerous books and articles on European Union politics, including The Council of Ministers (with Fiona Hayes-Renshaw).

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