After twenty‐five years, few scholars still dispute the leading role of Liberal
Intergovernmentalism (LI) in theorizing EU history. Yet some question whether it can explain …

Liberal Intergovernmentalism (LI) is the contemporary “baseline” social scientific and
historiographic theory of regional integration—especially as regards the European Union. It …

This article investigates the deliberative abilities of ordinary citizens in the context of
'EuroPolis', a transnational deliberative poll. Drawing upon a philosophically grounded …

How do small states maximize their influence in the European Union? This article argues
that the traditional small state approach to European integration is being undermined by …

We argue that in intergovernmental negotiations in the European Union, large Member
States, countries with a good alternative to negotiated agreement and governments facing …

This article analyses the extent to which European Union (EU) directives allow for variation
in domestic implementation. Such flexibility in implementation may be used to deal with …

A common argument against flexible integration as a solution to increased preference
heterogeneity is that a likely consequence for those member states opting out of the …

35 www. pin-negotiation. org eration–and thereby of negotiation–has been uneven. There
has been a growing hope for regional institutions to compensate for the lack of decisiveness …

The Council of the European Union (EU) is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making.
However, how it reaches decisions is subject to considerable debate. Constructivists argue …

Based on a comprehensive survey conducted in 2009, this article analyses similarities and
differences in the policy-shaping activities of all 27 European Union member states in the …