TY - BOOK ID - 14305402 TI - Reform Processes and Policy Change : Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies AU - König, Thomas. AU - Tsebelis, George. AU - Debus, Marc. PY - 2011 SN - 1441958088 9786612927690 1441958096 1282927698 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Legislation -- Congresses. KW - Political planning -- Congresses. KW - Political science -- Decision making -- Congresses. KW - Political planning KW - Political science KW - Legislation KW - Legislative veto KW - Political Science KW - Government - General KW - Political Science - General KW - Political Institutions & Public Administration - General KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Decision making KW - Comparative government. KW - Legislation. KW - Legislative process KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Political science. KW - Political philosophy. KW - Political Science and International Relations. KW - Political Science. KW - Political Philosophy. KW - Law KW - Philosophy. KW - Political philosophy KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14305402 AB - George Tsebelis’ veto players approach has become a prominent theory to analyze various research questions in political science. Studies that apply veto player theory deal with the impact of institutions and partisan preferences of legislative activity and policy outcomes. It is used to measure the degree of policy change and, thus, reform capacity in national and international political systems. This volume contains the analysis of leading scholars in the field on these topics and more recent developments regarding theoretical and empirical progress in the area of political reform-making. The contributions come from research areas of political science where veto player theory plays a significant role, including, positive political theory, legislative behavior and legislative decision-making in national and supra-national political systems, policy making and government formation. The contributors to this book add to the current scholarly and public debate on the role of veto players, making it of interest to scholars in political science and policy studies as well as policymakers worldwide. ER -