Reforming the European Union explores the successful ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, highlighting the strategic role of political leadership and domestic politics in overcoming challenges. The authors analyze key episodes in the treaty reform process, including agenda setting, bargaining dynamics, and responses to negative referendums.
Focusing on the dynamics of bicameral legislatures, this book explores the interactions between the two chambers during the legislative process. It analyzes how these interactions influence the production of legislation, shedding light on the complexities and nuances of legislative collaboration and conflict. Through detailed examination, the book offers insights into the effectiveness and challenges faced by bicameral systems in shaping policy and governance.
Explains how governments are structured. This book shows why an increase in the number of 'veto players', or an increase in their ideological distance from each other, increases policy stability, impeding significant departures from the status quo.
Provides a systematic, empirically accurate, and theoretically coherent account of apparently irrational political actions.