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dc.contributor.authorBågenholm, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-13T13:03:23Z
dc.date.available2008-11-13T13:03:23Z
dc.date.issued2008-11-13T13:03:23Z
dc.identifier.isbn978-91-89246-37-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/18372
dc.description.abstractGovernmental legislative capacity is a crucial ability for any government that wishes to fulfil intended goals. Without this capacity, there is a great risk that the decision making system will be paralyzed. This study enhances the understanding of governmental legislative capacity by examining the legal harmonization to EU legislation in Lithuania and Romania, prior to their accession to the European Union. The legal harmonization in candidate countries opens unique opportunities to study governmental legislative capacity comparatively, firstly because the legislative agenda is very similar and secondly because the governments in the candidate countries provide detailed information on how and when the EU legislation is to be transposed. Such information is generally lacking in previous research, but this study argues that the intentions of the government constitute an essential component when studying governmental legislative capacity. The results show that the Lithuanian governments have had a higher legislative capacity than their Romanian counterparts. They have transposed a higher share of the scheduled laws according to timetable; the delays that do occur are less severe and the quality of the adopted legislation is higher. In both countries there is a distinct capacity increase between 2000 and 2001. By applying a modified version of the veto player theory, the analysis shows that the number of veto points in the parliamentary decision making structure is the main reason why the process in Romania has been slower than in Lithuania, whereas the impact of the veto players is very limited, as they all agree on the merits of EU membership. It is however the governments in both countries that bear the main responsibility for the delays that occur, as they tend to submit their legislative proposals to parliament with very small margins or even after the deadlines have expired. The more parties participating in government, the more the proposals tend to be delayed.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGöteborg Studies in Politicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries113en
dc.subjectgovernmental legislative capacityen
dc.subjectLithuaniaen
dc.subjectRomaniaen
dc.subjectlegal harmonizationen
dc.subjectveto playersen
dc.subjecttranspositionen
dc.subjectcandidate countriesen
dc.subjectEuropean Unionen
dc.titleUnderstanding Governmental Legislative Capacity. Harmonization of EU legislation in Lithuania and Romaniaen
dc.typeText
dc.type.svepDoctoral thesiseng
dc.gup.mailandreas.bagenholm@pol.gu.seen
dc.type.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
dc.gup.originUniversity of Gothenburg. Faculty of Social Scienceseng
dc.gup.originGöteborgs universitet. Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetenswe
dc.gup.departmentDepartment of Political Science ; Statsvetenskapliga institutionenen
dc.gup.defenceplaceFredagen den 5 december, kl. 13.15, sal 10, universitetets huvudbyggnad, Vasaparken.en
dc.gup.defencedate2008-12-05
dc.gup.dissdb-fakultetSF


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