Unveiling the Council of the European Union: Games Governments Play in Brussels

This book covers the most contentious areas and important debates in the new wave of research on the Council of the European Union, the major decision forum of the EU. It captures and furthers the new wave of sophisticated research, both qualitative and quantitative, on the Council of Ministers from the last years. It brings together many of the leading European and American scholars involved in research on the Council and EU decision-making. Helen Wallace is a very big name in UE studies.Thanks to new transparency rules and increased efforts by scholars, researchers are better equipped than ever before to analyze the decision-making processes of the Council of the European Union and to test old wisdoms. This book covers the most contentious areas and important debates in current research.

DANIEL NAURIN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is the author or Deliberation behind Closed Doors: Transparency and Lobbying in the European Union.

HELEN WALLACE is Centennial Professor in the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She is the author of numerous books and articles on European Union politics, including The Council of Ministers (with Fiona Hayes-Renshaw).