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Title

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

Author

Smeets, Sandrino

Publication

• Colchester, United Kingdom : ECPR Press, 2015.
• ©2015

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Description

xxi, 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

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

ECPR Press monographs

Uniform Title

ECPR monographs.

Alternative Title

And all must have prizes

Subject

• European Union > Balkan Peninsula
• Council of the European Union
• Europarat. Committee of Ministers
• European Union
• Since 1989
• Decision making > European Union countries
• Debatte
• Verhandlungstechnik
• Verhandlungsführung
• Europäische Integration
• Decision making
• Politics and government
• Balkan Peninsula > Politics and government > 1989-
• Europäische Union
• Südosteuropa
• Balkan Peninsula
• European Union countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 1785521373
• 9781785521379
• 9781785521386 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781785521393 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781785521409 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

9781785521379

OCLC

• 921241142
• SCSB-12647866

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Harvard Library