After Lisbon: A More Political European Union

King, Brad R. (2010) After Lisbon: A More Political European Union. Mapping Politics, 2. pp. 40-48.

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Abstract

This article argues that with the full implementation of the Lisbon Treaty - a process due to unfold over the next decade - the EU will become more politically integrated. It develops a model to determine degrees of EU political integration, asserting that the degree of integration is determined by the amount of individual member-state control in the decision-making process. It concerns policy areas of a political character with control being defined as the ability of individual member states to alter the outcome of the decision-making process. For the purpose of gauging control, the developed model outlines three ‘decision-making settings', which this article then uses to demonstrate that it is through the introduction of institutional changes that the fully implemented Lisbon Treaty increases EU political integration.

Item Type: Article
URI: http://research.library.mun.ca/id/eprint/336
Item ID: 336
Keywords: Lisbon Treaty, EU, Political integration
Department(s): UNSPECIFIED
Date: 2010
Date Type: Publication

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