Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Leadership and Negotiation in the European Union.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511244902
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 341.2422
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- The theory: formal leadership in multilateral negotiations -- The evidence: negotiations in the European Union and beyond -- The research design -- The findings -- The implications: leadership, efficiency, and distribution -- The plan of the book -- 2 Formal leadership: a rational institutionalist theory -- The demand for formal leadership -- A functionalist explanation of institutional design -- The demand for agenda management -- The demand for brokerage -- The demand for representation -- The supply of formal leadership -- Power resources: privileged information and procedural control -- Opportunism and influence: exploiting the chairmanship for private gain -- The formal institutional environment: enabling and constraining factors -- Impact on outcomes: efficiency and distribution -- An alternative approach: sociological institutionalism -- 3 The institutional development of the EU Presidency: a search for efficient cooperation -- The evolution of agenda management -- Agenda management in the European Community -- Agenda management in the EPC/CFSP -- Agenda management in the European Council -- Agenda management: assessing the institutional development -- The evolution of brokerage -- Brokerage in the European Community -- Brokerage in the EPC/CFSP -- Brokerage in the European Council -- Brokerage: assessing the institutional development -- The evolution of representation -- External representation -- Internal representation -- Representation: assessing the institutional development -- The rotating Presidency: evaluation and contestation -- Conclusion -- 4 The EU Presidency as agenda manager: shaping political priorities.
Agenda management: resources and constraints -- Power resources in agenda management -- Institutional constraints in agenda management -- Formal agenda-setting rules are regulated in the EU treaties. Slightly -- The Finnish Presidency and the Northern Dimension -- The Northern Dimension initiative -- Preparing for political breakthrough -- The Finnish Presidency: from initiative to policy -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- The German Presidency and car recycling -- The end-of-life vehicles directive -- The German Presidency: non-decision-making at work -- Accommodation and conclusion -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- Conclusion -- 5 The EU Presidency as broker: constructing intergovernmental bargains -- Brokerage: resources and constraints -- Power resources in brokerage -- Institutional constraints in brokerage -- The German Presidency and Agenda 2000 -- The Agenda 2000 reform package -- The German Presidency: developing the negotiating box -- The Berlin agreement -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- The French Presidency and IGC 2000 -- The intergovernmental conference 2000 -- The French Presidency: provoking conflict and producing progress -- The Nice Treaty -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- Conclusion -- 6 The EU Presidency as representative: negotiating on behalf of others -- Representation: resources and constraints -- Power resources in representation -- Institutional constraints in representation -- The Swedish Presidency and EU transparency -- Toward new EU transparency rules -- The Swedish Presidency: informal negotiations and fast-track agreement -- The new transparency regulation -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- The Danish Presidency and EU enlargement -- Eastern enlargement.
The Danish Presidency: "enlargement, enlargement, enlargement" -- The Copenhagen agreement -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- Conclusion -- 7 Comparative perspectives: formal leadership in multilateral negotiations -- Formal leadership in the CSCE/OSCE -- The CSCE: formal leadership in the shadow of the Cold War -- The OSCE: formal leadership in the new European security structure -- Conclusion: the power of the chair in the CSCE/OSCE -- Formal leadership in the GATT/ WTO -- The demand for formal leadership in trade negotiations -- The supply of formal leadership in trade negotiations -- Conclusion: the power of the chair in the GATT/WTO -- Formal leadership in UN environmental negotiations -- Formal leadership in the law of the sea negotiations -- Formal leadership in the ozone negotiations -- Formal leadership in the climate change negotiations -- Conclusion: the power of the chair at UN environmental conferences -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion -- Summary of the empirical findings -- The demand for formal leadership -- The supply of formal leadership -- Sociological institutionalism: assessing the alternative approach -- Implications for the study of EU politics -- Efficiency and distribution in EU negotiations -- A European president? Sources and effects of institutional reform -- Implications for theories of international negotiation and cooperation -- Generalizing the European experience -- Leadership, efficiency, and distribution in international cooperation -- Appendix: EC/EU Presidencies 1958- -- References -- BOOKS AND ARTICLES -- OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND SPEECHES -- Index.
Summary: Why do some international negotiations succeed while others collapse, and why do some states gain more than others from multilateral cooperation? This 2006 book analyses the role of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and how the institutional properties of the chair impact on negotiations.
No physical items for this record

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- The theory: formal leadership in multilateral negotiations -- The evidence: negotiations in the European Union and beyond -- The research design -- The findings -- The implications: leadership, efficiency, and distribution -- The plan of the book -- 2 Formal leadership: a rational institutionalist theory -- The demand for formal leadership -- A functionalist explanation of institutional design -- The demand for agenda management -- The demand for brokerage -- The demand for representation -- The supply of formal leadership -- Power resources: privileged information and procedural control -- Opportunism and influence: exploiting the chairmanship for private gain -- The formal institutional environment: enabling and constraining factors -- Impact on outcomes: efficiency and distribution -- An alternative approach: sociological institutionalism -- 3 The institutional development of the EU Presidency: a search for efficient cooperation -- The evolution of agenda management -- Agenda management in the European Community -- Agenda management in the EPC/CFSP -- Agenda management in the European Council -- Agenda management: assessing the institutional development -- The evolution of brokerage -- Brokerage in the European Community -- Brokerage in the EPC/CFSP -- Brokerage in the European Council -- Brokerage: assessing the institutional development -- The evolution of representation -- External representation -- Internal representation -- Representation: assessing the institutional development -- The rotating Presidency: evaluation and contestation -- Conclusion -- 4 The EU Presidency as agenda manager: shaping political priorities.

Agenda management: resources and constraints -- Power resources in agenda management -- Institutional constraints in agenda management -- Formal agenda-setting rules are regulated in the EU treaties. Slightly -- The Finnish Presidency and the Northern Dimension -- The Northern Dimension initiative -- Preparing for political breakthrough -- The Finnish Presidency: from initiative to policy -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- The German Presidency and car recycling -- The end-of-life vehicles directive -- The German Presidency: non-decision-making at work -- Accommodation and conclusion -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- Conclusion -- 5 The EU Presidency as broker: constructing intergovernmental bargains -- Brokerage: resources and constraints -- Power resources in brokerage -- Institutional constraints in brokerage -- The German Presidency and Agenda 2000 -- The Agenda 2000 reform package -- The German Presidency: developing the negotiating box -- The Berlin agreement -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- The French Presidency and IGC 2000 -- The intergovernmental conference 2000 -- The French Presidency: provoking conflict and producing progress -- The Nice Treaty -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- Conclusion -- 6 The EU Presidency as representative: negotiating on behalf of others -- Representation: resources and constraints -- Power resources in representation -- Institutional constraints in representation -- The Swedish Presidency and EU transparency -- Toward new EU transparency rules -- The Swedish Presidency: informal negotiations and fast-track agreement -- The new transparency regulation -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- The Danish Presidency and EU enlargement -- Eastern enlargement.

The Danish Presidency: "enlargement, enlargement, enlargement" -- The Copenhagen agreement -- The power of the chair: assessing process and outcome -- Conclusion -- 7 Comparative perspectives: formal leadership in multilateral negotiations -- Formal leadership in the CSCE/OSCE -- The CSCE: formal leadership in the shadow of the Cold War -- The OSCE: formal leadership in the new European security structure -- Conclusion: the power of the chair in the CSCE/OSCE -- Formal leadership in the GATT/ WTO -- The demand for formal leadership in trade negotiations -- The supply of formal leadership in trade negotiations -- Conclusion: the power of the chair in the GATT/WTO -- Formal leadership in UN environmental negotiations -- Formal leadership in the law of the sea negotiations -- Formal leadership in the ozone negotiations -- Formal leadership in the climate change negotiations -- Conclusion: the power of the chair at UN environmental conferences -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion -- Summary of the empirical findings -- The demand for formal leadership -- The supply of formal leadership -- Sociological institutionalism: assessing the alternative approach -- Implications for the study of EU politics -- Efficiency and distribution in EU negotiations -- A European president? Sources and effects of institutional reform -- Implications for theories of international negotiation and cooperation -- Generalizing the European experience -- Leadership, efficiency, and distribution in international cooperation -- Appendix: EC/EU Presidencies 1958- -- References -- BOOKS AND ARTICLES -- OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND SPEECHES -- Index.

Why do some international negotiations succeed while others collapse, and why do some states gain more than others from multilateral cooperation? This 2006 book analyses the role of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and how the institutional properties of the chair impact on negotiations.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2025. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Licensed e-book