Institutional design and voting power in the European Union

Table of Contents: “…Hosli -- On the relative unimportance of voting weights : observations on agenda-based voting procedures / Hannu Nurmi -- Patterns of voting in the council of ministers of the European Union : the impact of the 2004 enlargement / Rafal Trzaskowski -- Decision-making in the EU Council after the first eastern enlargement : the relevance of the empirical findings for the voting rules / Běla Plechanovová -- Degressive proportionality : composition of the European parliament. the parabolic method / Victoriano Ramírez González -- Putting citizens first : representation and power in the European Union / Friedrich Pukelsheim -- Comparative analysis of several methods for determining the composition of the European parliament / José Martínez Aroza and Victoriano Ramírez González -- On bounds for allocation of seats in the European parliament / Wojciech Słomczyński and Karol Życzkowski -- Conclusions : the system of equal influence of the citizens in the EU-the Polish proposal submitted during the 2007 reform treaty negotiations / Marek A. …”

EU cohesion policy and European integration the dynamics of EU budget and regional policy reform by Bachtler, John, Mendez, Carlos, Wishlade, Fiona

Digital diplomacy conversations on innovation in foreign policy by Sandre, Andreas

Table of Contents: “…Secretary of State-- Chapter 24: From Machiavelli To The Digital Age A conversation with Gianni Riotta, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Pirelli Visitor Professor, Princeton University-- Chapter 25: Technology and Freedom A conversation with Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament-- Chapter 26: The Potential of Big Data A conversation with JR Reagan, Principal, Deloitte & Touche Biographies-- Bibliography…”