The Common Fisheries Policy in the European Union: A Study in Integrative and Distributive Bargaining (Studies in International Relations)

This book links theoretical studies to empirical evidence and constitutes a comprehensive appreciation of bargaining by comparing integrative and distributive bargaining in the context of the European fisheries policy. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures and tables......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction: analyzing negotiations in the European Union......Page 14 The settlement of the Common Fisheries Policy: trying to cope with a changing environment......Page 30 Constructing a springboard: a conceptual framework for analyzing negotiations in the EU......Page 44 Actors' preferences and the institutional setting in action: an integrative bargaining game......Page 68 Actors' preferences and the institutional setting in action: a distributive bargaining game......Page 78 Conclusion: drawing the threads together......Page 102 Bibliography......Page 122 Index......Page 134 The purpose of this book is neither to duplicate overviews of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) nor to recapitulate narrative treatments of the European integration process. The aim is to comprehend how EU negotiations work theoretically and empirically for that a conceptual framework for analyzing EU international negotiations will be provided and juxtaposed to two key negotiations leading to the establishment of the CFP. The purpose of this book is neither to duplicate overviews of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) nor to recapitulate narrative treatments of the European integration process. The aim is to comprehend how EU negotiations work theoretically and empirically so that a conceptual framework for analyzing EU international negotiations will be provided and juxtaposed to two key negotiations leading to the establishment of the CFP.