Reform Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies

by Thomas König

Book Overview

Dynamizing Veto Player Theory: How Veto Player Theory Can be Used as a Starting Point for a More Comprehensive Model of the Policy Process.- Do Veto Players Have Veto Power?.- Veto Player Theory Revisited: Low Policy Reform Capacity in Parliamentary Democracies with Strong Government.- Veto Players: How Can We Measure Their Policy Preferences.- Strategic Voting in a Bicameral Setting.- Who is Powerful in the EU Legislative Process? A New Approach.-...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441958088
• ISBN13: 9781441958082
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"