Truls Ljungström’s Reviews > Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work > Status Update

skillnad mellan kvalificerad majoritet och individuellt veto vad gäller effekter

En god beskrivning av olika demokratiseringsteorier.

fler medlemmar i en kollektiv grupp ökar dess beslutskoherens.

Veto players = grupper med negativ kontroll över status quo-förändringar.

Veto players = grupper med negativ kontroll över status quo-förändringar.

impose losses on powerful groups; to represent diffuse, unorganized interests in addition to concentrated, well organized ones; to ensure effective implementation of government policies once they have been decided upon; to ensure policy stability so that policies have time to work; to make and maintain international commitments in the realms of trade and national defense to ensure their long-term well-being; ...

Weaver and Rockman (1993:6) distinguish: “ten different capabilities that all governments need to set and maintain priorities among the many conflicting demands made upon them so that they are not overwhelmed and bankrupted; to target resources where they are most effective; to innovate when old policies have failed; to coordinate conflicting objectives into a coherent whole; to be able to impose losses on powerful