Policy-making processes and the European Constitution : a comparative study of member states and accession countries / edited by Thomas König and Simon Hug.

"First published in 2006 First issued in paperback ed 2011

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-302) and index.

List of tables List of figures About the authors List of abbreviations INTRODUCTION Policy -- making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries Thomas K nig and Simon Hug 1 The European Convention and the Rome and Brussels IGCs: A Veto Players Analysis George Tsebelis 2 The European Convention: Consensus without Unity? Thomas K nig, Andreas Warntjen, Simone Burkhart 3 The Coordination of Austria' s National Position regarding the Constitution Christine Arnold and Annemieke Burmeister 4 Belgium, the Convention and the IGC: Consensus and Coalition Politics Christophe Crombez and Jan Lebbe 5 Cyprus: Under the Shadow of the Inter -- Communal Conflict Spyros Blavoukos and George Pagoulatos 6 The Czech Republic: Sitting on the Fence Tobias Schulz and Martina Chabreckova 7 Denmark: The Nordic Model as an Effort to Bridge Elite Euro -- Optimism and Popular Euro -- Skepticism Hartmut Lenz and Han Dorussen 8 Estonia: A Single Voice in Europe'.

This new volume presents a wealth of fresh data documenting and analyzing the different positions taken by governments in the development of the European Constitution. It examines how such decisions have substantial effects on the sovereignty of nation states and on the lives of citizens, independent of the ratification of a constitution. Few efforts have been made to document constitution building in a systematic and comparative manner, including the different steps and stages of this process. This book examines ...