Background Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) concepts, models and tools have been
used increasingly in health technology assessment (HTA), with several studies pointing out …

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

Starting from the observation that the European Union now possesses many of the attributes
of modern political systems, Hix and Høyland take an innovative approach to analysing …

The Institutions of the European Union is the key text for anyone wishing to understand the
functions, powers, and composition of the EU's institutions. Written and edited by a team of …

How does the EU resolve controversy when making laws that affect citizens? How has the
EU been affected by the recent enlargements that brought its membership to a diverse group …

Are governments responsive to public preferences when legislating in international
organizations? This article demonstrates that governments respond to domestic public …

The collection of articles in this special issue provides a comprehensive analysis of
European Union decision-making during the Eurozone crisis. We investigate national …

The European Union is the world's most advanced international organization, presiding over
a level of legal and economic integration unmatched in global politics. To explain this …

The book offers a solid theory and conceptualization of technocratic politics and the
technocratic challenge is analyzed empirically at all levels of the national and supra-national …

The negotiations on the reforms of the Economic and Monetary Union were highly
conflictual. This article analyses the dimensions of conflict that structured these negotiations …