Procedural Politics: Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union

Half-title......Page 2
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Figures......Page 11
Tables......Page 13
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 14
Acronyms Used in the Text......Page 18
1 Introduction......Page 22
Prevailing Approaches......Page 23
Institutional Design......Page 24
Institutional Change......Page 26
Institutional Effects......Page 27
Institutional Selection and Procedural Politics......Page 28
Plan of the Book......Page 31
Conclusion......Page 35
2 Theorizing Procedural Politics......Page 36
Institutions Matter......Page 37
Derived Institutional Preferences......Page 38
Conditions: The Determinants of Procedural Politics......Page 39
Opportunity: Jurisdictional Ambiguity and the Availability of Alternatives......Page 40
Incentives: The Relative Desirability of Available Alternatives......Page 44
The Dynamics of Procedural Politics......Page 48
Strategic Issue Definition......Page 49
Procedural Coalition Formation......Page 53
Policymaking Efficiency......Page 55
Policy Outcomes......Page 56
Institutional Change......Page 58
Conclusion......Page 60
3 The European Union as a Procedural System......Page 63
Constitutional and Legislative System......Page 64
Simple Procedures......Page 67
Complex Procedures......Page 70
Summary......Page 74
Procedural Preferences......Page 75
Auxiliary Assumptions......Page 76
Preference Rankings......Page 78
Summary......Page 82
Strategic Interaction: A Game of Procedural Politics......Page 83
A Simpli.ed Model of Procedural Politics......Page 84
Summary......Page 87
Conclusion......Page 88
Modeling Simple Procedures......Page 89
Complex Procedures......Page 92
Appendix 3.B: An Incomplete Information Game of EU Procedural Choice......Page 94
Challenge Stage......Page 96
Decision Stage......Page 97
Proposal Stage......Page 99
4 Patterns......Page 103
Variations over Time......Page 104
The Actors in Procedural Politics......Page 111
Variations by Issue Area......Page 121
Summary......Page 125
Data and Research Design......Page 126
Estimation and Results......Page 128
Summary......Page 131
Decision-Making Efficiency......Page 132
Institutional Change......Page 135
Conclusion......Page 143
5 Greening the Market?......Page 148
A Procedural History of EU Environmental Policy......Page 149
Jurisdictional Ambiguity......Page 153
Hypotheses......Page 155
Research Design and Case Selection......Page 159
Titanium Dioxide......Page 160
Waste Framework Directive......Page 168
Waste Shipments Regulation......Page 174
Conditions......Page 181
Means......Page 182
Effects......Page 187
Conclusion......Page 190
6 Mad Cows and Englishmen......Page 192
Legislative Procedures and EU Agricultural Policy......Page 193
A Procedural History of EU Agricultural Policy......Page 194
Jurisdictional Ambiguity......Page 195
Hypotheses......Page 201
Research Design and Case Selection......Page 204
General Trends in the Agricultural Sector......Page 205
Beef Hormones......Page 206
Legislative History......Page 216
Conditions......Page 230
Means......Page 232
Effects......Page 235
Conclusion......Page 240
7 Conclusion......Page 242
The Argument......Page 244
Design, Data, and Methods......Page 245
Findings......Page 247
Summary......Page 255
Everyday Politics: Rational Institutionalism......Page 256
Grand Bargaining: Liberal Intergovernmentalism......Page 257
Historical Institutionalism and the Search for Synthesis......Page 259
Rule Governance and System Transformation......Page 261
Avenues for Future Research......Page 262
Conclusion......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 268
Index......Page 292