The Inclusiveness of European Decision Rules

König, Thomas; Bräuninger, Thomas

The Inclusiveness of European Decision Rules

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1998

Authors

König, Thomas

Bräuninger, Thomas

Publication type

Journal article

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Journal of Theoretical Politics ; 10 (1998), 1. - pp. 125-142

Abstract

European Union Member States increasingly draw attention to the choice between and within various decision rules. Two prominent approaches, relative voting power studies and spatial models, assess the choice within the standard, cooperation, and co-decision procedures. However, they cannot sufficiently explain the Member States choice of these rules. In this article, we present our model on absolute inclusiveness and relative decisiveness referring to two aspects of Member States choice: their absolute chances to be incorporated in collective decision-making and their relative chances to be decisive actors thereby. We argue that the combination of both power aspects gives insight into the choice of rules, and we apply both indices to the actual power distributions in the Council of Members.

Subject (DDC)

320 Politics

Keywords

absolute inclusiveness,decision rules,European Union,game theory,power

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KÖNIG, Thomas, Thomas BRÄUNINGER, 1998. The Inclusiveness of European Decision Rules. In: Journal of Theoretical Politics. 10(1), pp. 125-142. Available under: doi: 10.1177/0951692898010001006

BibTex

@article{Konig1998Inclu-3913,
  year={1998},
  doi={10.1177/0951692898010001006},
  title={The Inclusiveness of European Decision Rules},
  number={1},
  volume={10},
  journal={Journal of Theoretical Politics},
  pages={125--142},
  author={König, Thomas and Bräuninger, Thomas}
}

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