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Analysis Of The Structure Of Blocking As An Alternative To The Application Of The Power Index Approach

Author(s): Marcin Kleinowski
Subject(s): Politics and society, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Council of the European Union; blocking coalitions; voting power; voting games; power indexes;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the analysis of structure of blocking, an original research technique based on the voting games theory, but departing from the assumption that all possible coalitions are equally likely. The analysis is focused on the players’ ability to build minimal blocking coalitions, and thus on the structure of blocking for voting game. Blocking coalition is understood as collective veto player, which have the right, under voting rule, to block change of the status quo. The proposed research technique provides an alternative for the application of the power index approach to the voting bodies such as the Council of the European Union. Hence, the aim of this work is to fill methodological gap in the research on the voting systems.

  • Issue Year: 78/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 159-182
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish