The core or the winset? Explaining decision-making duration and policy change in the European Union

被引:12
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作者
Druner, Dietrich [1 ]
Kluever, Heike [2 ]
Mastenbroek, Ellen [3 ]
Schneider, Gerald [4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] European Commiss, Rue Deportes 8-101, B-1480 Clabecq, Belgium
[2] Univ Hamburg, Dept Social Sci, Allende Pl 1, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany
[3] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Management Res, Dept Polit Sci & Publ Adm, POB 9108, NL-6500 HK Nijmegen, Netherlands
[4] Univ Konstanz, Dept Polit & Publ Adm, Box 86, D-78457 Constance, Germany
[5] Univ Konstanz, GSDS, Box 86, D-78457 Constance, Germany
关键词
Core; decision-making duration; European Union; policy change; speed; winset; EU; SPEED; STABILITY; COUNCIL; CHOICE; REFORM; TIME;
D O I
10.1057/cep.2015.26
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
This article examines to what extent different formal conceptualizations of ideological conflict can help to explain the capacity for and speed of policy change in the European Union (EU). We compare the core and the winset, two competing concepts based on the spatial theory of voting. The empirical analysis shows that the latter concept bears a strong and systematic influence on decision making in the EU. The smaller the winset containing the outcomes that a majority of actors in the Council of the EU prefers over the status quo, the longer a decision-making process lasts and the smaller the potential for policy change.
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页码:271 / 289
页数:19
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