TY - BOOK ID - 71470642 TI - Reform Processes and Policy Change : Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies AU - König, Thomas AU - Debus, Marc AU - Tsebelis, George AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2011 SN - 9781441958099 PB - New York NY Springer New York Imprint Springer DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:71470642 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 -