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Conflict and change in EU budgetary politics
1 online resource (xv, 265 pages) : illustrations
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.
Introduction : an institutionalist perspective on conflict and change 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 -- Summary of the findings and update of the theoretical explanation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
Routledge advances in European politics ; 32
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