Decision-Making in the EU before and after the Lisbon Treaty
This book aims to assess what the changes of the Treaty of Lisbon envisaged and whether these ambitions have materialised since the Treaty entered into force. It offers analyses of the past, as well as what might be the future (because some provisions will only enter into effect in the years to come). To what extent has the current decision-making process been able to address the shortcomings and challenges of the past? What has been the impact of aspects of the Lisbon Treaty that clarified pre-existing norms and structures, in some cases formalizing them, rather than introducing new changes? The authors of this book look at the interaction between formal rules and informal practices, seeking to point to the interaction between the two. They find that informal practices to date typically still dominate formal rules.
This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.
Madeleine Hosli is Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair (ad personam) at Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Amie Kreppel is a Jean Monnet Chair (ad personam) and the Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Florida, USA.
Bla Plechanovov is Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the Department of International Relations at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
Amy Verdun is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair (ad personam), in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
Decision-Making in the EU before and after the Lisbon Treaty
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Madeleine Hosli, Amie Kreppel, Bla Plechanovov and Amy Verdun
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Contents
Madeleine Hosli, Amie Kreppel, Bla Plechanovov and Amy Verdun
Amy Verdun
Michelle Cini
Thomas Christiansen and Mathias Dobbels
Amie Kreppel
Bla Plechanovov
Robert Thomson
Andreas Warntjen
Desmond Dinan
Xi Jin and Madeleine Hosli
Christine Arnold and Eliyahu V. Sapir
The chapters in this book were originally published in West European Politics, volume 36, issue 6 (November 2013). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
Introduction: Decision-Making in the European Union before and after the Lisbon Treaty
Madeleine Hosli, Amie Kreppel, Bla Plechanovov and Amy Verdun
West European Politics, volume 36, issue 6 (November 2013) pp. 11211127
