The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

The political and economic crisis of EU integration has made it increasingly apparent how
challenging it is to bring together different sovereign cultures, languages and regions into a …

The formulation of policies lies at the heart of any political system and is the crucial task
assigned to decision makers. Analysing problems, identifying possible solutions, bargaining …

This in-depth study of the decision-making processes of the early 2000s shows that the
Swiss consensus democracy has changed considerably. Power relations have transformed …

There is a long-standing debate in British political science concerning how best to
characterise the British policy process. One school emphasises 'strong government'under …

The idea behind the reputational measure for assessing power of political actors is that
actors involved in a decision-making process have the best view of their fellows' power …

Collaboration between actors in political decision-making processes is crucial from both an
actor and a process perspective. Previous studies have highlighted the role of preference …

Revised throughout, the second edition of this comprehensive and highly respected
textbook continues to provide a thorough introduction to European and European Union …

In der vergleichenden Regierungslehre wird die „föderale Demokratie “nicht als
eigenständiger Typus betrachtet. Daher blieb auch das Verhältnis von Föderalismus und …

This research note presents an innovative dataset of Swiss MP s' interest ties between 2000‐
2011. The longitudinal analysis shows that the average number of interest ties per MP has …