LEADER 03901nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910813348403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-107-22965-0 010 $a1-139-20992-2 010 $a1-280-48525-6 010 $a1-139-22285-6 010 $a9786613580238 010 $a1-139-21805-0 010 $a1-139-22457-3 010 $a1-139-21496-9 010 $a1-139-22113-2 010 $a1-139-00535-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000061343 035 $a(EBL)833475 035 $a(OCoLC)775869963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000572662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390621 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000572662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10540091 035 $a(PQKB)10573140 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139005357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC833475 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL833475 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533329 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358023 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000061343 100 $a20110621d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aResolving controversy in the European Union $elegislative decision-making before and after enlargement /$fRobert Thomson 210 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 323 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-48430-8 311 $a1-107-01376-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introducing the political system of the European Union -- 2. Research design: measuring controversy spatially -- Part I. Inputs: 3. The European Union's political space; 4. The European Commission's policy positions; 5. The European Parliament's policy positions; 6. Member states' policy positions -- Part II. Processes: 7. Transforming policy positions into decision outcomes; 8. The relative power of the institutions; 9. The relative power of the member states -- Part III. Outputs: 10. Decision outcomes; 11. Delegation; 12. Evaluating and improving the European Union -- Appendix: the selection of legislative proposals. 330 $aHow does the EU resolve controversy when making laws that affect citizens? How has the EU been affected by the recent enlargements that brought its membership to a diverse group of twenty-seven countries? This book answers these questions with analyses of the EU's legislative system that include the roles played by the European Commission, European Parliament and member states' national governments in the Council of Ministers. Robert Thomson examines more than 300 controversial issues in the EU from the past decade and describes many cases of controversial decision-making as well as rigorous comparative analyses. The analyses test competing expectations regarding key aspects of the political system, including the policy demands made by different institutions and member states, the distributions of power among the institutions and member states, and the contents of decision outcomes. These analyses are also highly relevant to the EU's democratic deficit and various reform proposals. 606 $aDecision making$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aLegislation$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aLegislative bodies$zEuropean Union countries 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xPolitics and government 615 0$aDecision making 615 0$aLegislation 615 0$aLegislative bodies 676 $a328.4 686 $aPOL040000$2bisacsh 700 $aThomson$b Robert$f1972-$01698877 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813348403321 996 $aResolving controversy in the European Union$94080686 997 $aUNINA