Which Decision Rule for the Future Council
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6261663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hannu Nurmi (0000-0002-9918-6014, University of Turku), Madeleine O Hosli (0000-0001-9569-1841, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-50 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Union Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-1165 • E-ISSN: 1741-2757 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1465116503004001580 |
| OpenAlex | W2082147001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
Decisions in the Council of Ministers continue to be surrounded by secrecy as far as the details of the decision-making process are concerned. Most of the research on reform efforts has focused on increasing transparency and on facilitating the management of various auxiliary bodies of the Council. In addition, a central focus has been placed on re-weighting of votes among the member states. In this article we argue that the current method of finding agreement and avoiding votes in the Council (`culture of consensus') will be impracticable with enlarged membership. Hence, formalized voting procedures will be needed. We discuss some desiderata of such procedures
Business · Council of Ministers · Decision-making · European union · Law and economics · Majority rule · Member states · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public relations · Secrecy · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · Voting · Weighting · Computer Science · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2011 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |