Reforming the European Union : : Realizing the Impossible / / Daniel Finke, Sven-Oliver Proksch, George Tsebelis, Thomas König.

For decades the European Union tried changing its institutions, but achieved only unsatisfying political compromises and modest, incremental treaty revisions. In late 2009, however, the EU was successfully reformed through the Treaty of Lisbon. Reforming the European Union examines how political lea...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 34 line illus. 13 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one. From the European Convention to the Lisbon Agreement and Beyond: A Veto Player Analysis
  • Chapter two. Revealing Constitutional Preferences in the European Convention
  • Chapter three. The Art of Political Manipulation in the European Convention
  • Chapter four Actors and Positions on the Reform of the Treaty of Nice
  • Chapter five. Why (Unpopular) Leaders Announce Popular Votes
  • Chapter six. Principals and Agents: From the Convention's Proposal to the Constitutional Treaty
  • Chapter seven. In the Aftermath of the Negative Referendums: The Irish Resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Research Design and Methodology
  • References
  • Index