European Union intergovernmental conferences domestic preference formation transgovernmental networks and the dynamiks of compromise politics 1st Edition by Paul W Thurner 9780415456609 0415456606

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ISBN 10: 0415456606 
ISBN 13: 9780415456609
Author:  Paul W Thurner

This book provides a detailed examination of the complex negotiation processes surrounding intergovernmental conferences in the European Union. Since the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997) and its ‘appendix’, the Treaty of Nice in 2002, any reform of the treaty framework of the European Union seems to be doomed to fail, evidenced by the decline of the Constitutional Treaty and by the current fate of the Lisbon treaty. By presenting an extensive quantitative study of the Intergovernmental Conference of 1996/7 prior to the Treaty of Amsterdam, the authors argue that these negotiations reveal the major challenges of European integration. Drawing on advanced statistical methods, they contend that multi-level negotiations require an appropriate coordination of informal administrative networks and the empowerment of administrative leadership, with these factors significantly shaping the dynamics and outcomes of negotiations. Through these findings, this book lays down the foundation for future evidence-based evaluations of negotiations and implementation studies, and delivers new insights on decision-making within the European Union. European Union Intergovernmental Conferences will be of interest to students and researchers of political science, sociology, administrative science, business and management studies, international law and European law.

European Union intergovernmental conferences domestic preference formation transgovernmental networks and the dynamiks of compromise politics 1st Table of contents:

1. EU Intergovernmental Conferences
1.1 Founding Conferences and Treaty Reform Conferences in the Course of European Integration
1.2 Negotiating Intergovernmental Conferences
1.3 Conclusions

2. Theorizing EU Constitutionalization
2.1 Theories of European Integration
2.1.1 (Neo-)Functionalism
2.1.2 Liberal Intergovernmentalism

• Phase 1: The Formation of National Preferences
• Phase 2: Intergovernmental Negotiations
• Phase 3: Institutional Choice
• Methodological–Methodical Background
  2.1.3 Recent Developments
  2.1.4 Conclusions

2.2 Constitution-Building and Negotiations
2.2.1 Constitution, the State, Constitution-Building
2.2.2 The Perspective of International Law and European Law
2.2.3 International Negotiations and Communication

• International Relations and Domestic Politics
• Negotiations and Communication

2.3 Outline for a New Perspective on Constitutionalization
2.3.1 Constitutions from a Governance View: The Organization of Authority
2.3.2 Contribution to a Quantitative Analysis of Constitution-Building

3. Research Design
3.1 Methodological and Methodical Background
3.2 A Stylized Framework and Formal Definitions
3.2.1 Formal Definitions
3.3 Data Collection: Combining Document Analysis and Elite Surveying

4. The Agenda
4.1 The (Re)construction of a Negotiation Space
4.2 Translating Notes into One-Dimensional Issues

5. The Domestic Game
5.1 The Formal Organization of a Government
5.2 Formal Ratification Requirements and Discretionary Leeway of Governments
5.2.1 Everything in the Win Set?
5.2.2 Endogenous versus Exogenous Ratification Rules
5.3 Divided Governments: Heterogeneous Governmental Preferences
5.4 Private Information? Cabinet Median and Declared Initial Negotiation Position

6. Transgovernmental Networks in Semi-Permeable Governments
6.1 Describing Sectoral Ministerial Networks
6.2 Valued Transgovernmental Networks Between Member States
6.2.1 Cohesive Sub-Groups, Centre Periphery, Centralization or Hierarchization?
6.3 Where Do Transgovernmental Networks Come From?
6.4 Summary

7. Signals and Concessions
7.1 Processes of International Negotiations
7.2 Strategic Signalling
7.2.1 To Signal or Not to Signal an Initial Position: Tertium Datur
7.2.2 The Strategic Timing of Written Interventions
7.3 The Determinants of Compromising
7.3.1 Explicit ‘Intermediate’ Concessions
7.3.2 Concessions at the End: Determinants of Negotiation Performance

• Determinants of Status Quo Transition
• Determinants of Negotiation Performance

7.4 Summary
7.5 Appendix

Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

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