Conflict and Change in EU Budgetary Politics

Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts? This book responds to this key qu...

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description Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts? This book responds to this key question with a two-step argument: Its first part shows that decision-making rules can be regarded as a key determinant of the level of conflict in EU budgetary politics. It details far-reaching reform in 1988 reduced conflict, because it introduced an institutional setting for multiannual budget planning that corrected the deficiencies of the original budget treaty. Having identified institutional change as the trigger for the reduction of conflict, the second part of this study focuses on the 1988 reform. It shows how a number of ‘reproduction mechanisms’ prevented major institutional change in the 1970s and early 1980s. When these ‘reproduction mechanisms’ lost force, a reform became possible and a new institutional setting emerged in 1988. These findings deliver a sharp insight into the interplay between rules and conflict in the still evolving political system of the EU. Moreover, by identifying precise conditions for the occurrence of institutional change, and by linking political performance of institutions to their stability this is a significant contribution to institutionalist research in social science. This book is an excellent resource for students and scholars of the European Union, Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy and Public Finance.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1604292025-05-27T05:14:14Z Conflict and Change in EU Budgetary Politics Lindner, Johannes Non-compulsory Expenditure procedure Noncompulsory Expenditure member Annual Budgetary Procedure state Interinstitutional Agreement multi-annual UK Rebate plan EU Budget institutional Cap Reform setting Multi-annual Budget Plan decision Budgetary Politics making Vat Revenue bargaining Member States German Government EC Budget Annual Budgetary Decision Making Opportunistic Interpretation Switching Costs Pr Eta West Germany EU Budgetary Politics Delors Ii Package thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts? This book responds to this key question with a two-step argument: Its first part shows that decision-making rules can be regarded as a key determinant of the level of conflict in EU budgetary politics. It details far-reaching reform in 1988 reduced conflict, because it introduced an institutional setting for multiannual budget planning that corrected the deficiencies of the original budget treaty. Having identified institutional change as the trigger for the reduction of conflict, the second part of this study focuses on the 1988 reform. It shows how a number of ‘reproduction mechanisms’ prevented major institutional change in the 1970s and early 1980s. When these ‘reproduction mechanisms’ lost force, a reform became possible and a new institutional setting emerged in 1988. These findings deliver a sharp insight into the interplay between rules and conflict in the still evolving political system of the EU. Moreover, by identifying precise conditions for the occurrence of institutional change, and by linking political performance of institutions to their stability this is a significant contribution to institutionalist research in social science. This book is an excellent resource for students and scholars of the European Union, Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy and Public Finance. 2025-05-27T05:14:13Z 2025-05-27T05:14:13Z 2025-05-26T07:18:39Z 2006 book ONIX_20250526T085745_9781134249732_54 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102623 9781134249732 9781134249688 9780203002766 9780415499170 9780415356794 9781134249725 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160429 eng Routledge Advances in European Politics open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102623/1/9781134249732.pdf Taylor & Francis Taylor Institution Library Routledge 10.4324/9780203002766 10.4324/9780203002766 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 0d136016-b7e0-411a-8b15-d8263f9aaa19 9781134249732 9781134249688 9780203002766 9780415499170 9780415356794 9781134249725 Routledge 284 Oxford open access
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German Government
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Conflict and Change in EU Budgetary Politics
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title_full Conflict and Change in EU Budgetary Politics
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procedure
Noncompulsory Expenditure
member
Annual Budgetary Procedure
state
Interinstitutional Agreement
multi-annual
UK Rebate
plan
EU Budget
institutional
Cap Reform
setting
Multi-annual Budget Plan
decision
Budgetary Politics
making
Vat Revenue
bargaining
Member States
German Government
EC Budget
Annual Budgetary Decision Making
Opportunistic Interpretation
Switching Costs
Pr Eta
West Germany
EU Budgetary Politics
Delors Ii Package
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions
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procedure
Noncompulsory Expenditure
member
Annual Budgetary Procedure
state
Interinstitutional Agreement
multi-annual
UK Rebate
plan
EU Budget
institutional
Cap Reform
setting
Multi-annual Budget Plan
decision
Budgetary Politics
making
Vat Revenue
bargaining
Member States
German Government
EC Budget
Annual Budgetary Decision Making
Opportunistic Interpretation
Switching Costs
Pr Eta
West Germany
EU Budgetary Politics
Delors Ii Package
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSN International institutions
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