Author(s): |
† prof. RNDr. Ing. František Turnovec CSc.,
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Type: |
Articles in refereed journals |
Year: |
2009 |
Number: |
0 |
ISSN / ISBN: |
2066-4885 |
Published in: |
The Romanian Review of European Governance Studies |
Publishing place: |
Babes-Bolay University, Cluj-Napoca |
Keywords: |
Co-decision procedure, committee system, consultation procedure, federation, index of federalism, intergovernmental organization |
JEL codes: |
C71, D72, H77 |
Suggested Citation: |
Turnovec F. (2009), How much of Federalism in the European Union? Romanian Review of European Governance Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 4-24. |
Grants: |
GACR 402/09/1066: Political Economy of Voting Behavior: Rational Voter Theory and Models of Strategic Voting
IES Research Framework Institutional task (2005-2011) Integration of the Czech economy into European union and its development
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Abstract: |
The European Union (EU) is not de jure a federation, but after 50 years of institutional evolution it possesses attributes of a federal state. One can conclude that EU is “something between” federation and intergovernmental organization. If we measure “something between” by interval [0, 1], where 0 means fully intergovernmental organization and 1 means de facto federation, the questions are: What is the location of recent EU on this interval? What tendency of development of this location can be observed in time? In this paper we propose such a measure based on game-theoretical model of European Union decision making system. |
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