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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765996103321

Autore

Lindner Johannes <1974-, >

Titolo

Conflict and change in EU budgetary politics / / Johannes Lindner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2006

New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-24972-1

1-134-24973-X

1-280-34797-X

9786610347971

0-203-00276-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 32

Classificazione

83.52

Disciplina

352.4/094

352.4094

Soggetti

Budget - European Union countries

Debts, Public - European Union countries

Finance, Public - European Union countries

Fiscal policy - European Union countries

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An institutionalist perspective on conflict in EU budgetary politics -- A rational choice-institutionalist explanation of conflict in EU budgetary politics -- Obstructing decision-making -- Facilitating decision-making -- Blocking intergovernmental relations -- Accepting intergovernmental burden sharing -- Summary of the findings and update of the theoretical explanation -- A rational choice-institutionalist explanation of institutional change in EU budgetary politics -- Resisting reform -- Initiating a new institutional path.

Sommario/riassunto

Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts? This book responds to this key question with a two-step argument: Its first part



shows that decision-making rules can be regarded as a key determinant of the level of conflict in EU budgetary politics. It details far-reaching reform in 1988 reduced conflict, because it introduced an institutional setting for