TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Bargaining power in the European Council
JO  - Journal of common market studies
A1  - Tallberg, Jonas
SP  - 685
EP  - 708
VL  - 46
IS  - 3
N2  - What grants influence in the European Council? Drawing on general theories of negotiation, this article isolates and illustrates three complementary sources of bargaining power in the European Council: state sources of power, institutional sources of power and individual sources of power. It reports the results of a unique series of elite interviews with European heads of state and government, foreign ministers and top-level civil servants. Elite testimonies suggest that the state dimension of power is the most fundamental, whereas the institutional and individual dimensions of power play a secondary role and mainly mediate the impact of structural power asymmetries.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9886
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00798.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -