Reform Processes and Policy Change
Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies
Editors: König, Thomas, Tsebelis, George, Debus, Marc (Eds.)
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- Includes contributions from experts in the field of veto player theory
- Provides international examples from a global assemblage of contributors
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George Tsebelis’ veto players approach has become a prominent theory to analyze various research questions in political science. Studies that apply veto player theory deal with the impact of institutions and partisan preferences of legislative activity and policy outcomes. It is used to measure the degree of policy change and, thus, reform capacity in national and international political systems. This volume contains the analysis of leading scholars in the field on these topics and more recent developments regarding theoretical and empirical progress in the area of political reform-making. The contributions come from research areas of political science where veto player theory plays a significant role, including, positive political theory, legislative behavior and legislative decision-making in national and supra-national political systems, policy making and government formation. The contributors to this book add to the current scholarly and public debate on the role of veto players, making it of interest to scholars in political science and policy studies as well as policymakers worldwide.
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Veto Player Theory and Policy Change: An Introduction
Pages 3-18
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Empirical Applications of Veto Player Analysis and Institutional Effectiveness
Pages 21-42
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The Veto Player Approach in Macro-Comparative Politics: Concepts and Measurement
Pages 43-68
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Measuring Policy Positions of Veto Players in Parliamentary Democracies
Pages 69-95
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Mutual Veto? How Coalitions Work
Pages 99-124
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Reform Processes and Policy Change
- Book Subtitle
- Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies
- Editors
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- Thomas König
- George Tsebelis
- Marc Debus
- Series Title
- Studies in Public Choice
- Series Volume
- 16
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4419-5809-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-5809-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-5808-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-2679-0
- Series ISSN
- 0924-4700
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 284
- Topics