Leadership and Negotiation in the European Union (Themes in European Governance)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Tables......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 15
1 Introduction......Page 17
The theory: formal leadership in multilateral negotiations......Page 19
The research design......Page 22
The findings......Page 25
The implications: leadership, efficiency, and distribution......Page 29
The plan of the book......Page 31
2 Formal leadership: a rational institutionalist theory......Page 33
A functionalist explanation of institutional design......Page 35
The demand for agenda management......Page 37
The demand for brokerage......Page 40
The demand for representation......Page 43
Power resources: privileged information and procedural control......Page 45
Opportunism and influence: exploiting the chairmanship for private gain......Page 47
The formal institutional environment: enabling and constraining factors......Page 49
Impact on outcomes: efficiency and distribution......Page 53
An alternative approach: sociological institutionalism......Page 55
3 The institutional development of the EU Presidency: a search for efficient cooperation......Page 59
Agenda management in the European Community......Page 61
Agenda management in the EPC/CFSP......Page 67
Agenda management in the European Council......Page 70
Agenda management: assessing the institutional development......Page 72
The evolution of brokerage......Page 73
Brokerage in the European Community......Page 74
Brokerage in the EPC/CFSP......Page 77
Brokerage in the European Council......Page 78
Brokerage: assessing the institutional development......Page 81
The evolution of representation......Page 82
External representation......Page 83
Internal representation......Page 86
Representation: assessing the institutional development......Page 89
The rotating Presidency: evaluation and contestation......Page 90
Conclusion......Page 96
4 The EU Presidency as agenda manager: shaping political priorities......Page 98
Power resources in agenda management......Page 100
Formal agenda-setting rules are regulated in the EU treaties. Slightly......Page 103
The Northern Dimension initiative......Page 106
Preparing for political breakthrough......Page 108
The Finnish Presidency: from initiative to policy......Page 111
The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome......Page 115
The end-of-life vehicles directive......Page 117
The German Presidency: non-decision-making at work......Page 119
Accommodation and conclusion......Page 123
The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 127
5 The EU Presidency as broker: constructing intergovernmental bargains......Page 128
Brokerage: resources and constraints......Page 129
Power resources in brokerage......Page 130
Institutional constraints in brokerage......Page 133
The Agenda 2000 reform package......Page 136
The German Presidency: developing the negotiating box......Page 138
The Berlin agreement......Page 141
The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome......Page 142
The intergovernmental conference 2000......Page 145
The French Presidency: provoking conflict and producing progress......Page 147
The Nice Treaty......Page 150
The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome......Page 153
Conclusion......Page 156
6 The EU Presidency as representative: negotiating on behalf of others......Page 157
Power resources in representation......Page 159
Institutional constraints in representation......Page 163
The Swedish Presidency and EU transparency......Page 164
Toward new EU transparency rules......Page 165
The Swedish Presidency: informal negotiations and fast-track agreement......Page 167
The new transparency regulation......Page 170
The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome......Page 172
The Danish Presidency and EU enlargement......Page 174
Eastern enlargement......Page 175
The Danish Presidency: “enlargement, enlargement, enlargement”......Page 176
The Copenhagen agreement......Page 179
The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome......Page 183
Conclusion......Page 186
7 Comparative perspectives: formal leadership in multilateral negotiations......Page 188
The CSCE: formal leadership in the shadow of the Cold War......Page 190
The OSCE: formal leadership in the new European security structure......Page 196
Conclusion: the power of the chair in the CSCE/OSCE......Page 200
The demand for formal leadership in trade negotiations......Page 201
The supply of formal leadership in trade negotiations......Page 204
Conclusion: the power of the chair in the GATT/WTO......Page 208
Formal leadership in UN environmental negotiations......Page 209
Formal leadership in the law of the sea negotiations......Page 210
Formal leadership in the ozone negotiations......Page 213
Formal leadership in the climate change negotiations......Page 216
Conclusion: the power of the chair at UN environmental conferences......Page 219
Conclusion......Page 220
8 Conclusion......Page 222
The demand for formal leadership......Page 223
The supply of formal leadership......Page 226
Sociological institutionalism: assessing the alternative approach......Page 232
Implications for the study of EU politics......Page 234
Efficiency and distribution in EU negotiations......Page 235
A European president? Sources and effects of institutional reform......Page 239
Implications for theories of international negotiation and cooperation......Page 243
Generalizing the European experience......Page 244
Leadership, efficiency, and distribution in international cooperation......Page 251
Appendix: EC/EU Presidencies 1958–......Page 255
BOOKS AND ARTICLES......Page 257
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND SPEECHES......Page 272
Index......Page 277