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Book SynopsisThis volume illuminates the politics of issue resolution within the European Community by evaluating and comparing competing models of decision making, one emphasizing the co-operative nature of political processes, the other focusing on politics as a conflictual activity.
Table of ContentsFresh perspectives on a Developing Institution, Roy Pierce. Part 1: The European Community, Decision Making, and Integration, Jan M.M. Van den Bos; The Policy Issues Analyzed, Jan M.M. Van den Bos. Part 2 The Models: Political Forecasting - An Expected Utility Method, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita; The Exchange of Voting Positions - An Object-Oriented Model of Policy Networks, Frans N. Stokman and Reinier Van Oosten. Part 3 Application of the Models: Policy Outcomes and Policy Interventions - An Expected Utility Analysis, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and A.F.K. Organski; The Exchange of Voting Positions in the EC Council, Frans N. Stokman and Jan M.M. Van den Bos; The Politics Surrounding the Creation of the EC Bank - The Last Stumbling Block to Integration, Jacek Kugler and John H.P. Williams. Part 4 Comparison and Evaluations of the Models: Models of Exchange and of Expected Utility Maximization - A Comparison of Accuracy, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Frans N. Stokman; Modelling the EC, A.F.K. Organski and Samuel Eldersveld.
