Changing patterns of European governance (1): introduction to the symposium.
German Policy Studies › Vol. 1 Nbr. 1, January 2000
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Changing patterns of European governance (1): introduction to the symposium.
The progress of European integration causes different constraints and options for national politicians. The German discussion on this multi-level governance starts with Fritz Scharpf's application of his joint decision theory on EC's institutional setting. In the original version, Scharpf claimed that European integration primarily occurs in the field of negative (economic) integration because of the many obstacles for positive (political) integration (cf. Scharpf 1988). Focussing on European Council's decision-making Scharpf named the unanimity principle as one of the most important reasons for blockades of new regulatory poli...
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