Policy-Making Processes and the European Constitution / / edited by Thomas König, Simon Hug

• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2006; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Disciplina: 320
• Soggetto topico: Political science
• Persona (resp. second.): KönigThomas; HugSimon
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of tables -- List of figures About the authors -- List of abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION Policy--making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession CountriesThomas Koenig and Simon Hug -- 1 The European Convention and the Rome and Brussels IGCs: A Veto Players AnalysisGeorge Tsebelis -- 2 The European Convention: Consensus without Unity? Thomas Koenig, Andreas Warntjen, Simone Burkhart -- 3 The Coordination of Austria's National Position regarding the Constitution Christine Arnold and Annemieke Burmeister -- 4 Belgium, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Coalition Politics Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- 5 Cyprus: Under the Shadow of the Inter--Communal Conflict Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- 6 The Czech Republic: Sitting on the Fence Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova -- 7 Denmark: The Nordic Model as an Effort to Bridge Elite Euro--Optimism and Popular Euro--SkepticismHartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen -- 8 Estonia: A Single Voice in Europe's Intergovernmental Bargaining Daniel Finke -- 9 Finland: Centralized Consensus on EU Constitution Building Daniel Finke and Thomas Koenig -- 10 France: The President takes all Tobias Schulz -- 11 Germany: The Promoter of European Integration? Stephanie Daimer and Thomas Koenig -- 12 Greece: Overcoming Negative Stereotyping George Pagoulatos and Spyros Blavoukos -- 13 Hungary: United in Support, Divided by Borders Anna Gwiazda and Kenneth Benoit -- 14 Ireland: Pragmatism and the EU Constitution Anna Gwiazda -- 15 Italy: The Presidency at Work? Tobias Schulz -- 16 Latvia and the EU Constitution: A Pragmatic "Yes" Stephanie Daimer -- 17 Lithuania: A Priority for Europe Stephanie Daimer -- 18 Luxembourg, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Concern for Its EconomyChristophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- 19 Malta: the Importance of Being Unimportant Spyros Blavoukos -- 20 Domestic Preference Formation in the Netherlands on the European ConstitutionChristine Arnold, Madeleine O. Hosli, Paul Pennings -- 21 Poland: the Struggle for Nice Anna Gwiazda -- 22 Portugal: in Quest for a New Role Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos -- 23 Slovakia: Avoiding Conflict to Secure Stability Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova -- 24 Position Taking and Coordination Processes of the Government of the Republic of SloveniaGiacomo Benedetto -- 25 Preference Formation and European Constitution--Building: The Spanish PerspectiveRaj S. Chari and Alfonso Egea--de Haro -- 26 The "Third Way" of Sweden Towards the European Constitution: Promoting Social Policies and Safeguarding NeutralityHartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen -- 27 Position Taking and Coordination Processes of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandGiacomo Benedetto -- 28 The Commission, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Concern for Its RoleChristophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe -- 29 Position Taking and Coordination Processes of the European Parliament Giacomo Benedetto -- 30 Conclusion Simon Hug and Thomas Koenig -- ANNEX: The Measure of Adapted Coherence for the Evaluation of Experts -- BIBLIOGRAPHY Official Documents, Databases, Press Sources -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This new volume presents a wealth of fresh data documenting and analyzing the different positions taken by governments in the development of the European Constitution. It examines how such decisions have substantial effects on the sovereignty of nation states and on the lives of citizens, independent of the ratification of a constitution. Few efforts have been made to document constitution building in a systematic and comparative manner, including the different steps and stages of this process. This book examines European Constitution-building by tracing the two-level policy formation process from the draft proposal of the European Convention until the Intergovernmental Conference, which finally adopted the document on the Constitution in June 2004. Following a tight comparative framework, it sheds light on reactions to the proposed constitution in the domestic arena of all the actors involved. It includes a chapter on each of the original ten member states and the fifteen accession states, plus key chapters on the European Commission and European Parliament. This book will be of strong interest to scholars and researchers of European Union politics, comparative politics, and policy-making.
• Titolo autorizzato: Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910476810803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II