The weighted voting rule in the EU's Council of Ministers, 1958-95: Intentions and outcomes

被引：15

作者：

Felsenthal, DS ^{[1
]}

Machover, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV LONDON KINGS COLL,DEPT PHILOSOPHY,LONDON WC2R 2LS,ENGLAND

来源：

ELECTORAL STUDIES | 1997年 / 16卷 / 01期

关键词：

Banzhaf index; EU; Council of Ministers; qualified majority rule; responsiveness; square root rule; voting power;

D O I：

10.1016/S0261-3794(96)00055-8

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

We consider the qualified majority voting rule in the Council of Ministers (CM) of the European Union (EU). Using the Banzhaf index-which, we argue, is the most appropriate for measuring the a priori voting power of members in the CM-we analyse the distribution of voting power of CM members in the various phases of expansion of the EU. We compare this distribution to the distribution of voting weights in the CM and the distribution of population in the EU. Finally, we assess the responsiveness (or volatility) of the voting rule in question. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

引用

页码：33 / 47

页数：15

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