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Negotiations in the EU Council of Ministers : 'and all must have prizes' / Sandrino Smeets.

Title
  1. Negotiations in the EU Council of Ministers : 'and all must have prizes' / Sandrino Smeets.
Published by
  1. Colchester, United Kingdom : ECPR Press, 2015.
  2. ©2015
Author
  1. Smeets, Sandrino

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Description
  1. xxi, 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. Insiders and outsiders agree; there is something particular about negotiating in Brussels. This book analyses ten years of continuous negotiations about EU enlargement to the Western Balkans, answering questions such as When and how are decisions typically reached in the European Union? What is this "culture of consensus" that pervades negotiations in the Council of Ministers? And why are some member states more successful than others in making their voices heard? Using the metaphor of the Caucus race from Alice in Wonderland, Smeets' book offers a fresh perspective on the decision-making realities in Brussels' European Quarter. By providing unique empirical insight into behind-closed-doors debates, it explains the faltering accession process of the countries of former Yugoslavia. But most of all, it reveals the mechanism by which national interests are accommodated, so that deals can be reached between the member states.--
Series statement
  1. ECPR Press monographs
Uniform title
  1. ECPR monographs.
Alternative title
  1. And all must have prizes
Subject
  1. European Union > Balkan Peninsula
  2. Council of the European Union
  3. Europarat. Committee of Ministers
  4. European Union
  5. Since 1989
  6. Decision making > European Union countries
  7. Debatte
  8. Verhandlungstechnik
  9. Verhandlungsführung
  10. Europäische Integration
  11. Decision making
  12. Politics and government
  13. Balkan Peninsula > Politics and government > 1989-
  14. Europäische Union
  15. Südosteuropa
  16. Balkan Peninsula
  17. European Union countries
Contents
  1. Introduction: A typical day at the Justus Lipsius -- Theorising council negotiations -- A caucus-race model of negotiations -- Research design -- The double bluff : perspectives and positions -- Procedural anchors and verbal commitments (June 2000-June 2003) -- Croatia sets the stage or raises the bar (June 2003-December 2005) -- Searching fo rstandard operating procedures (January 2006-June 2008) -- Splendid isolation? (June 2008-October 2010) -- Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
Processing action (note)
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