Title:Small States – Big Negotiations Decision-Making Rules and Small State Influence in EU Treaty Negotiations
Author(s):LEHTONEN, TiiaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This study examines the impact of the decision-making rules, procedures and practices of the European Union on the ability of small Member States to influence Treaty negotiation outcomes, and assesses the causality of ...
Title:The power of initiative: Framing legislative policy conflicts in the European Union
Author(s):DAVITER, FalkDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis asks how the framing of policy issues in EU legislative politics influences the way issues are processed, how it affects which interests play a role during policy drafting and deliberation, and what type of ...
Title:E Pluribus Europa? Assessing the Viability of the EU
Author(s):GLENCROSS, AndrewDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:As a novel and complex polity, also subject to endless proposals for institutional reform, the viability of the EU is an open but under-theorized question. This thesis conceptualizes EU viability from an internal perspective, ...
