Status Updates From Veto Players: How Political...

for class but it counts

skillnad mellan kvalificerad majoritet och individuellt veto vad gäller effekter

En god beskrivning av olika demokratiseringsteorier.

fler medlemmar i en kollektiv grupp ökar dess beslutskoherens.

Veto players = grupper med negativ kontroll över status quo-förändringar.

Veto players = grupper med negativ kontroll över status quo-förändringar.

and, above all, to manage political cleavages to ensure that society does not degenerate into civil war.

impose losses on powerful groups; to represent diffuse, unorganized interests in addition to concentrated, well organized ones; to ensure effective implementation of government policies once they have been decided upon; to ensure policy stability so that policies have time to work; to make and maintain international commitments in the realms of trade and national defense to ensure their long-term well-being; ...