TY - BOOK ID - 1651969 TI - Leadership and negotiation in the European Union PY - 2006 SN - 0521864526 0521683033 9780521864527 9780521683036 9780511492075 0511246382 9780511246388 9780511247071 0511247079 0511244908 9780511244902 051124567X 9780511245671 0511492073 9786610702756 6610702756 1107169496 1280702753 051131860X PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - European Union KW - Political leadership KW - Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes. KW - Leadership politique KW - Négociations diplomatiques dans les conflits internationaux KW - #SBIB:327.7H220 KW - 260 Europese Unie KW - Voorzitterschap Europese Unie KW - Europese Unie: instellingen en besluitvorming KW - Négociations diplomatiques dans les conflits internationaux KW - Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes KW - Leadership KW - Negotiations in international disputes KW - Pacific settlement of international disputes KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1651969 AB - In this 2006 book, Jonas Tallberg offers a novel perspective on some of the most fundamental questions about international cooperation and European Union politics. Offering the first systematic theoretical and empirical exploration of the influence wielded by chairmen of multilateral negotiations, Tallberg develops a rationalist theory of formal leadership and demonstrates its explanatory power through carefully selected case studies of EU negotiations. He shows that the rotating Presidency of the EU constitutes a power platform that grants governments unique opportunities to shape the outcomes of negotiations. His provocative analysis establishes that Presidencies, while performing vital functions for the EU, simultaneously exploit their privileged political position to favour national interests. Extending the scope of the analysis to international negotiations on trade, security and the environment, Tallberg further demonstrates that the influence of the EU Presidency is not an isolated occurrence but the expression of a general phenomenon in world politics - the power of the chair. ER -