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050	1	4	_aKJE 4443.32007 _bR332 2012
082	0	0	_a341.242/2
245	0	0	_aReforming the European Union : _brealizing the impossible / _cDaniel Finke, Thomas Kèonig, Sven-Oliver Proksch, and George Tsebelis.
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2012]
300			_axvi, 227 p.: _bill. ; _c24 cm.
520			_a"For decades the European Union tried changing its institutions, but achieved only unsatisfying political compromises and modest, incremental treaty revisions. In late 2009, however, the EU was successfully reformed through the Treaty of Lisbon. Reforming the European Union examines how political leaders ratified this treaty against all odds and shows how this victory involved all stages of treaty reform negotiations--from the initial proposal to referendums in several European countries. The authors emphasize the strategic role of political leadership and domestic politics, and they use state-of-the-art methodology, applying a comprehensive data set for actors' reform preferences. They look at how political leaders reacted to apparent failures of the process by recreating or changing the rules of the game. While domestic actors played a significant role in the process, their influence over the outcome was limited as leaders ignored negative referendums and plowed ahead with intended reforms. The book's empirical analyses shed light on critical episodes: strategic agenda setting during the European Convention, the choice of ratification instrument, intergovernmental bargaining dynamics, and the reaction of the German Council presidency to the negative referendums in France, the Netherlands, and Ireland."-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
630	0	0	_aTreaty on European Union _d(1992). _kProtocols, etc., _d2007 December 13.
610	2	0	_aEuropean Union.
650		0	_aTreaties _xRevision.
650		0	_aTreaties _xRatification.
651		0	_aEuropean Union countries _xPolitics and government.
630	1	4	_aTratado de la Unión Europea (1992).
630	1	4	_aTratado de Lisboa, 2007.
651		4	_aPaíses de la Unión Europea _xDerecho constitucional.
651		4	_aPaíses de la Unión Europea _vTratados.
650		4	_a20150900
700	1		_aFinke, Daniel.
963			_aTerri O'Prey; phone: 609-258-7963; fax: 609-258-6305; email: terri_oprey@press.princeton.ed; bc: marylynn_mccarthy@press.princeton.edu
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