European Integration and Consensus Politics in the Low Countries

Hans Vollaard is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden, the Netherlands.Jan Beyers is Professor of Political Science and the Director of Antwerp Centre for Institutions and Multilevel Politics at the University of Antwerp (ACIM), Belgium. He is also Visiting Research Professor at Agder University (Norway).Patrick Dumont is a Researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Luxembourg and co-founder of the SElection and DEselection of Political Elites (SEDEPE) international network.

• Acknowledgements List of tables and figures List of abbreviations Author information 1 Introduction: European integration and consensus politics Jan Beyers, Hans Vollaard and Patrick Dumont 2 Coping with Domestic and European Complexity: How Consensus Politics is Maintained in the Low Countries' Governments Patrick Dumont, Arco Timmermans and Catherine Moury 3 European Integration and the Flexibility of Consensus Politics in the Parliaments of the Low Countries Astrid Spreitzer and Arco Timmermans 4 The Impact of European Integration on Within-Party Organizational Dynamics: More or Less Consensus Politics? Benoît Rihoux, Astrid Spreitzer and Ruud Koole 5 Europeanization, constitutional review and consensus politics in the Low Countries Patricia Popelier and Wim Voermans 6 Consensus politics as administrative practice: The Europeanization of external advice seeking? Caspar F. van den Berg, Caelesta Braun and Trui Steen 7 Plus ça change, plus c’est pareil: European integration and interest group politics in the Low Countries Jan Beyers, Caelesta Braun and Markus Haverland 8 Same as It Ever Was? The (Lack of) Influence of European Integration on Corporatism in the Low Countries Barbara Vis and Jaap Woldendorp 9 Day-to-day EU Coordination in the Benelux: From Domestic Consensus Politics to Consensual EU Coordination - Peter Bursens, Kathleen Hielscher and Mendeltje van Keulen 10 European integration, consensus politics and family migration policy in Belgium and the Netherlands Maarten Vink, Saskia Bonjour and Ilke Adam 11 Ratifying the European Constitutional Treaty by referendum: The end of consensus politics? Joop van Holsteyn and Hans Vollaard 12 Epilogue Rudy Andeweg