Over the past two decades, rational choice theories have made rapid inroads into the study of EU politics. This paper examines the application of rational choice analyses to EU politics, assesses the empirical fruitfulness of such analyses, and identifies both internal and external challenges to...

This paper applies a principal-agent model of delegation, agency and agenda setting to the 1996 intergovernmental conference and the Treaty of Amsterdam, in order to understand both the delegation of powers to supranational organizations in the new Treaty, and the efforts of such organizations...

Contributors to this volume - David L. Aaron Frederick Abbott Kenneth W. Abbott Roderick Abbott Sir Franklin Berman George Berman Marc Busch Daniel C. Esty H. Hauser Robert Howse Robert E. Hudec Tim Josling Petros Mavroidis K. Mehta Werner Meng Hugo Paemen David Palmeter Dr Ernst-Ulrich...

Abstract: The European Union, like many other international organizations and governments, committed itself during the 1990s to the mainstreaming of gender issues across all policy areas at all stages in the policy process. Nonetheless, more than a decade after the Union’s initial commitment,...

The 1995 New Transatlantic Agenda (NTA) represents anovel experiment in international governance, linking the institutions of the EU and the United States at the intergovernmental, transgovernmental and transnational levels. This article draws lessons from the NTA after its first decade, noting...