Reform Processes and Policy Change

Chapter 1 Veto Player Theory and Policy Change: An Introduction

Chapter 2 Empirical Applications of Veto Player Analysis and Institutional Effectiveness

Chapter 3 The Veto Player Approach in Macro-Comparative Politics: Concepts and Measurement

Chapter 4 Measuring Policy Positions of Veto Players in Parliamentary Democracies

Chapter 5 Mutual Veto? How Coalitions Work

Chapter 6 Veto Players, Agenda Control and Cabinet Stability in 17 European Parliaments, 1945–1999

Chapter 7 The Sources of Bipartisan Politics in Parliamentary Democracies

Chapter 8 Why Don’t Veto Players Use Their Power?

Chapter 9 Testing the Law-Making Theories in a Parliamentary Democracy: A Roll Call Analysis of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1988–2008)

Chapter 10 Domestic Veto Players, Commission Monitoring and the Implementation of European Policy

Chapter 12 Game Theoretic Models and the Empirical Analysis of EU Policy Making: Strategic Interaction, Collective Decisions, and Statistical Inference

Chapter 13 Veto Players, Reform Processes and Policy Change: Concluding Remarks