Curriculum Vitae
Professor Dr. Thomas König
Personal Details
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Nationality
Marital Status
February 2, 1961
Münster/Westfalen, Germany
German
Married, one daughter
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Visiting Address
Phone
Fax
E-Mail
Website
University of Mannheim
Chair of Political Science II
PO Box 103462
D-68131 Mannheim
Germany
A 5, 6; Building A, Room A 354
D-68159 Mannheim
+49 (0) 621-181-2073
+49 (0) 621-181-2072
[email protected]
http://www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/lspol2/englisch/main.html
Academic Positions
Since 01.2010
Since 08.2007
09.2007 – 09.2010
10.2003 – 07.2007
08.2002 – 05.2003
10.1999 – 09.2003
04.1997 – 09.1999
10.1997 – 03.1999
03.1996 – 02.1997
05.1992 – 09.1997
Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 884 "The
Political Economy of Reforms".
Chair of Political Science II at the University of Mannheim.
Head of Department B ("European Political Systems and their
Integration") at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research.
Chair of Political Science at the German University of Administrative
Sciences Speyer.
Fulbright Professor for German Studies at the Washington University
in St. Louis, USA.
Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz.
DFG-Heisenberg-Fellow at the Stanford University, USA (Professor
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Ph.D.).
Interim Professor of Political Science at the University of Saarland
(formerly Professor Dr. Jürgen Domes).
Associate Professor at the Interuniversity Center for Social Science
Theory and Methodology (ICS) at the University of Groningen, NL
(Professor Dr. Frans Stokman).
Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the
05.1990 – 04.1992
03.1988 – 04.1990
07.1987 – 02.1988
University of Mannheim.
Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Science I at the University
of Mannheim (Professor Dr. Franz Urban Pappi).
Research Assistant at the Institute for Sociology at the University of
Kiel (Professor Dr. Franz Urban Pappi).
Research Assistant at the Research Unit for Societal Development
(FGE) at the University of Mannheim (Professor Dr. Rudolf
Wildenmann).
Degrees and Awards
2009
2006
2002
2001
2000
1998
1997
1990
1987
W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship
at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Research Affiliate at the Stanford Forum on Contemporary Europe.
Nomination for the Descartes Prize for Research of the European
Commission.
Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the Washington University in St.
Louis.
Harrison Prize of the British Political Science Association (PSA) for
the best article in 2001.
Visiting Professor at the University of Rome III.
Karl W. Deutsch-Professor at the Social Science Research Center
Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB).
Habilitation in Political Science at the Department of Social Sciences
at the University of Mannheim (Thesis: "Coordination, Cooperation
and State Sovereignty").
Dissertation in Political Science at the Department of Social Sciences
at the University of Mannheim (Thesis: "Organized Influence on
Legislative Politics in the German Labor Policy Domain").
Master in Political Science and Roman Languages at the University of
Mannheim.
Research Projects
Since 01.2010
Since 01.2009
Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 884 "The
Political Economy of Reforms", financed by the German Research
Foundation (DFG). Total research grant: 6,789,000 €.
Director of the Project B1 "The Domestic Foundation of
Governmental Preferences over European Politics" in the CRC 884.
Research grant: 258,000 €.
Co-Director of the Project C1 "Legislative Reforms and Party
Competition" in the CRC 884. Research grant: 471,400 €.
Director of the Project Z2 "Central Administration" in the CRC 884.
Research grant: 1,366,000 €.
Director of the Project "Policy Change and Reform: The
Determinants of Success and Duration of German Legislation
between 1961 and 2005", financed by the German Research
Foundation (DFG). Research grant: 236,249 €.
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09.2008 – 10.2011
09.2007 – 08.2009
08.2007 – 01.2008
01.2003 – 12.2006
01.2002 – 10.2009
10.2001 – 09.2003
10.1999 – 09.2003
10.1999 – 09.2001
10.1999 – 08.2000
04.1999 – 09.1999
03.1993 – 09.1997
06.1993 – 09.1996
03.1988 – 02.1992
Director of the Project "European Legislative Responses to
International Terrorism (ELIT)" (with Dr. Daniel Finke), financed by
the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Research grant: 70,000 €.
Director of the Project "The Implementation of Community Law in
the Member States", financed by the German Research Foundation
(DFG). Research grant: 76,800 €.
Director of the Project "European Integration and Political Union",
financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Research grant:
25,308 €.
Director of the Project "Domestic Structures and European
Integration. A Multi-stage two level game-analysis of European
constitution-building" (with Professor Dr. Christophe Crombez,
Professor Dr. Han Dorussen, Professor Dr. Madeleine Hosli,
Professor Dr. Simon Hix, Professor Dr. Simon Hug, Professor Dr.
Michael Laver, Professor Dr. George Tsebelis), financed by the 6th
framework of the European Commission.
Co-Director of the Research Group "Institutional Design of Federal
Systems. Theorie and Empirics" (with Professor Dr. Charles Blankart,
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Kitterer, Professor Dr. Wolfram Richter,
Professor Dr. Helmut Seitz, Professor Dr. Jürgen von Hagen),
financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Research grant:
248,160 €.
Co-Director of the Project "Domestic Preference Formation on
Proposals of the European Commission: A Comparative Analysis of
Cleavages and Interest Intermediation Patterns in Finland, Germany,
the Netherlands and the United Kingdom" (with Professor Dr. Gerald
Schneider), financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Co-Director of the Project "Explaining European Decision Making",
(with Professor Dr. Frans Stokman), financed by the Dutch Science
Foundation (NOW).
Co-Director of the Project "The Relevance of Threats and Promises in
EU Negotiations“ (with Professor Dr. Gerald Schneider), financed by
the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Director of the Project "Governing in the Federal Republic of
Germany", financed by the Federal Minister on Education and
Research (BMBF).
Director of the Project "Coordination und Cooperation in
international Multi Level Bargains", financed by the Mannheim
Centre for European Social Research (MZES).
Director of the Project "Dynamics of European Integration", financed
by the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).
Co-Director of the Project "The Negotiations of the Antarctic Liability
Regime" (with Professor Dr. Rüdiger Wolfrum), financed by the
Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut for Public and International Law.
Collaborator in the Project of the European University Institute
"Cabinets and Supporting Parties" (Director Professor Dr. Jean
Blondel and Professor Dr. Maurizio Cotta).
Collaborator in the Project "Collective Decision in the German,
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07.1987 – 02.1988
American and Japanese Labor Policy Domain" (Director Professor Dr.
Franz Urban Pappi, Professor Dr. David Knoke, Professor Dr. Jeff
Broadbent and Professor Dr. Yutaka Tsujinaka), financed by the VW
Foundation and US National Science Foundation.
Collaborator in the Project "Research Deficits and Options in the
German Federal Re-public" (Director Professor Dr. Rudolf
Wildenmann and Professor Dr. Ulrich Widmaier), financed by the
Federal Minister on Education and Research (BMFT).
Scholarships
07.2009 – 12.2009
04.1997 – 09.1999
08.1995 – 09.1996
08.1992 – 10.1992
02.1992 – 04.1992
W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship
at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Heisenberg-Fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Fellow of the German and American Academic Council (GAAC).
Fellow of the Council of Ministers of the European Communities.
Fellow of the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and
Methodology Groningen (ICS).
Academic Services
2013
2012
Since 2011
Since 2011
Since 2011
Since 2009
Since 2008
2009
2004
Organizor of the 6th Annual Conference on the Political Economy of
International Organizations February 7-9, 2013
Organizor of the 6th Pan-European Conference on the EU for the
ECPR Standing Group on the EU, Tampere, Finland, 13-15
September 2012
Member of the Scientific Board of the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe
University, Frankfurt
Official Representative of the University of Mannheim at the
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Political
Science Association (EPSA)
Director of the annual "Summer Institute on the Empirical
Implications of Theoretical Models, EITM Europe" (University of
Mannheim).
Member of the DAAD Review Board for Scholarships.
Member of the Fulbright Review Board for Scholarships.
Personal Tutor of the German National Academic Foundation.
Director of the Workshop "Party Positions, Coalition Options and
Policy Change in the 2009 Bundestag Election Year" (with Professor
Dr. Thomas Bräuninger) at the Summer Academy of the German
National Academic Foundation in Salem.
Chair of the George Tsebelis-Conference (with Dr. Marc Debus)
"Reform Processes and Policy Change: How Do Veto Players
Determine Decision-Making in Modern Democracies" (University of
Mannheim).
Director of the Workshop "Constitutional Politics of the European
Union" (with Professor Dr. Simon Hug) at the Joint Sessions of the
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2003
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
Chair of the Panel "Author meets Discussants: George Tsebelis Veto
Players" at the 2nd General Conference of the European Consortium
for Political Research (ECPR).
Director of the Workshop "Constitution-building in the EU" at the
2nd General Conference of the European Consortium for Political
Research (ECPR).
Director of the Workshop "Europe Decides" at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political Science Association (APSA).
Director of the "Summer School on Analytical Approaches to
European Union Policy Making: Delegation and Implementation in
the European Union" (London School of Economics).
Director of the Workshop "Decision-making Approaches in the EU:
An Empirical Evaluation of Competing Game-Theoretic Models" at
the 1st General Conference des European Consortium for Political
Research (ECPR).
Director of the "Summer School on Analytical Approaches to
European Union Policy Making: Bargaining, Legislation, and
Bureaucratic Politics" (University of Konstanz).
Director of the Workshop "Europe at Crossroads" at the Summer
Academy of the German National Academic Foundation.
Director of the Workshop "Enlarging or Deepening – European Union
at Crossroads" (with Professor Dr. Bernard Steunenberg) at the XXVII
Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research
(ECPR).
Director of the Workshop "Policy Networks" at the XVIII Sunbelt and
5th European International Conference on Social Networks.
Director of the Summer School "Elites in Germany" of the German
National Academic Foundation.
Membership in Editorial Boards/Evaluations
Since 2013
Since 2012
Since 2012
Since 2011
Since 2007
Since 2004
Member of the Editorial Board of “British Journal of Political Science”
Member of the Editorial Board of “Political Science Research and
Methods”
Member of the Editorial Board of “Legislative Studies Quarterly
Evaluator of the French Research Cooperation l’Agence Nationale
de la Recherche (ANR)
Evaluator of the European Research Council ERC
Evaluatior of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC)
Evaluator of the Schweizerischen Nationalfonds zur Förderung des
wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Member of the Editorial Board of "Political Analysis".
Member of the Editorial Board of "International Interactions".
Evaluator of the Exchange Program of the German Academic
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Since 1999
Since 1998
1996 - 1999
Exchange Program (DAAD).
Member of the Editorial Board of "Political Studies".
Evaluator of the Research Program of the European Commission.
Member of the Editorial Boards of "European Union Politics".
Co-Editor of the Mannheim Yearbook for European Social Research.
Membership in Academic Organizations
Member of the American Political Science Association (APSA).
Member of the German Political Science Association (DVPW).
Member of the German University Association (DHV).
Member of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA).
Member of the Network on Enlargement and new Membership of
the European Union (NEMEU).
Member of the Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public
Choice of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
Member of the Standing Group on the European Union of the
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).
Referee Activities
American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
American Political Science Review (APSR)
British Journal of Political Science (BJPS)
Comparative Political Studies (CPS)
European Journal for Public Policy (JEPP)
European Union Politics (EUP)
German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD)
German National Academic Foundation
German National Science Foundation (DFG)
German Political Science Quarterly (PVS)
International Organization (IO)
International Studies Quarterly (ISQ)
Journal of Conflict Resolution (JCR)
Journal of European Integration
Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP)
Journal of Theoretical Politics (JTP)
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
Political Analysis
Political Studies
Public Choice
Research Program of the European Commission
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Swiss Journal for Political Science
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Swiss National Science Foundation
West European Politics
Conference Activities
2013
7.10.2013, Netzwerktreffen, Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für
Öffentliche Verwaltung (FÖV), Speyer.
18.-19.7.2013, SFB 884, Project Meeting,”The Political Economy of
Reforms”, Paris.
23.7.2013, Conference at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh.
20.6.2013, Meeting of the Council of the EPSA, 3rd Annual
Conference of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona.
20.6. 2013, Panel on Agenda Setting and Compliance, Presentation
with Dirk Junge and Bernd Luig on „Legislative Gridlock and
Bureaucratic Politics in the European Union“, 3rd Annual
Conference of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona.
21.6.2013, Panel on Strategic Voting an Representation,Presentation
with Mariyana Angelova and Sven-Oliver Proksch on „Policy
Demands and Accountability: How Voters Evaluate Legislative
Activities of Coalition Governments“, 3rd Annual Conference of the
European Political Science Association, Barcelona.
21.6.2013, Panel on LegislativePolicy Responsiveness, Presentation
with Mariyana Angelova and Sven-Oliver Proksch on „Parties,
Experts, and the Legislative Agenda“, 3rd Annual Conference of the
European Political Science Association, Barcelona.
22.6.2013, Panel on Minority Government in Paliamentary,
Presidential and Semi-Presidential Democracies, Chair: Thomas
König, 3rd Annual Conference of the European Political Science
Association, Barcelona.
22.6.2013, Panel on Public Policy, Presentation with Sebastian
Köhler on „Political Uncertainty and the Success of Reforms“, 3rd
Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association,
Barcelona.
22.6.2013, Panel on Coalition Formation, Stability and Policy Making,
Presentation with Bernd Luig on „Ministerial autonomy,
parliamentary involvement, and strategic gatekeeping in coalition
government“, 3rd Annual Conference of the European Political
Science Association, Barcelona.
15.5.2013, Ringvorlesung “Bundestagswahl2013“, Institut für
Politikwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz,
Presentation on „Nationale Wahlen und ihre Auswirkungen auf
Europa“.
16.4.2013, Workshop: „The European Union Decides – and After
Eastern Enlargement?, organized by Thomas König in collaboration
with the SFB 884 „Political Economy of Reforms“ and the MZES,
Mannheim.
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12.4.2013, Bürgerforum „Mitreden über Europa“, Ludwigshafen,
Veranstalter Informationsbüro des Europäischen Parlaments in
Deutschlang, Panelteilnehmer.
9.3.-10.3.2013, „Second Warwick Political Economy Workshop“, The
University of Warwick in Venice, Venedig, Discussant.
7.-8.3.2013, Symposium „Föderalismus und Subsidiarität“ anlässlich
der 60. Wiederkehr der Verkündigung der Landesverfassung des
Landes Baden-Württemberg, Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg,
Vortrag über: „Das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Subsidiarität und
europäischer Gesetzgebung.
8.-9.2.2013, 6th Annual Conference on „The Political Economy of
International Organizations“(PEIO), Heidelberg, Organisator.
2012
5.8.-18.8.2012, Sommerakademie der Studienstiftung des deutschen
Volkes, Leitung der Arbeitsgruppe 6: “Die politische Ökonomie von
Reformen”, Neubeuern.
21.-23.6.2012, 2nd Annual General Conference of The European
Political Science Association, Berlin.
10.7.2012 Joint workshop on “Coalition Politics”, SFB884 in
cooperation with MZES, Mannheim Centre for European Social
Research, Mannheim.
21.3.2012, Fulbright Kommission, Jahrestagung, Berlin.
12.3.2012, University of Essex, Projektreise SFB 884, Treffen mit
Professor T. Plümper, Esses, United Kingdom.
13.2.2012, PhD examination committee, Dipartimento di studi
sociali e politici, University of Milano, Italy.
25.-30.1.2012 The 5th Annual Conference on The Political Economy
of International Organizations, Philadelphia, USA.
2011
9.12.-10.12.2011, SFB 884 Conference on “The Political Economy of
Reforms”, Collaborative Research Centre 884, Mannheim.
9.11.2011, SFB 884 Seminar on “The German Internet Panel”,
Collaborative Research Centre 884, Mannheim.
7.10.2011, VHW-Verbandstag, Berlin.
Thomas König, Vortrag im Rahmen des Forum über „Mehr lokale
Demokratie wagen – aber wie?.
23.9.2011, CDSS Graduate School, Core Course „Current Research
Perspectives“, Mannheim
Thomas König, Vortrag über: „Policy positions and legislative agenda
– estimating policy positions for the study of political decision
making.
16.6.-18.6.2011, 1st Annual General Conference of the European
Political Science Association (EPSA), Dublin.
9.6.2011, Treffen des vhw-Arbeitskreis Dialoge, Berlin.
20.6.2011, SFB 884 workshop on “The German Internet Panel”,
Collaborative Research Centre 884, Mannheim.
10.5.2011, Fachkreis „Integrierte Stadtentwicklung“, vhw,
Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Berlin
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Thomas König, Teilnahme an Expertenrunde.
4.5.2011, 23. Heidelberger Symposium „Achtung, Freiheit!“,
Heidelberger Club für Wirtschaft und Kultur e.V., Heidelberg,
Thomas König, Moderation.
21.4.2011, 1. Sitzung des Ständigen Beirats für die Evaluation von
Tenure Track Professuren, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt,
Thomas König zum Beiratsmitglied berufen.
12.-17. April 2011, "Preferences in the European Union. Analyzing
the Dimensionality of Policy Areas", ECPR Joint Sessions of
Workshops, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Participant: Thomas König:
"Estimating Context-related Policy Preferences".
27.2.-2.3.2011, New York University, Abu Dhabi, Vereinigte Emirate,
Thomas König Gespräche zweck Kooperationsaufbau mit der
Universität Mannheim.
23.3.2011, “Uni lebt” Tag, Thomas König Presentation on: „Die
Reform der Europäischen Union – vom Verfassungsvertrag zum
Vertrag von Lissabon“, University of Mannheim.
31. March-3. April 2011, "69th Annual National Conference of the
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)", Chicago, IL, USA.
Participant: Thomas König: "The Conditionality of Parliamentary
Scrutiny: Ministerial Gatekeeping and Median Positions in
Parliamentary Legislatures".
11.2-12.2.2011, SFB Speaker Conference, Tübingen.
3.- 4.2.2011, PEIF Conference, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin,
presentation.
27.1.-29.1.2011, The Political Economy of International
Organizations (PEIO), 4th Annual Conference, Zürich, Schweiz
Thomas König/Lars Mäder, presentation on „ A Strategic Model of
Compliance and Enforcement“, Session 2: EU Institutions.
2010
13.-14.12.2010, SFB 884 Conference on „Quantifying Europe: Pitfalls
and Challenges of the Data Generation Process“, Collaborative
Research Centre 884, Mannheim.
19. 10.2010, "Heidelberger Abend", IHK Rhein-Neckar, Heidelberg.
Participant: Thomas König: "Deutschland vor dem Stillstand - aber
warum?".
14.-15.10.2010, SFB 884 Conference on “Tax Policy Decision Making”
(in Cooperation with ZEW), Collaborative Research Centre 884,
Mannheim.
19. 10.2010, "Heidelberger Abend", IHK Rhein-Neckar, Heidelberg.
Participant: Thomas König: "Deutschland vor dem Stillstand - aber
warum?".
27.5.2010, Opening Conference SFB 884, Collaborative Research
Centre 884, Mannheim.
10. 5. 2010, Centre d`ètudes européennes, Science Po, Paris, France.
Participant: Thomas König: "Compliance with European obligations correct and on time?".
4. 3. 2010, Rotary Club Mannheim-Brücke. Participant: Thomas
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2009
König: "Macht und Ohnmacht in der Europäischen Integration".
25. 2. 2010, "ECHO.EU Workshop", Bertelsmann Stiftung, Berlin.
Participant: Thomas König: "Die Entwicklung der EU-Innenpolitik".
21.-23. 1. 2010, "Delors’ Myth Meeting. Comparative Policy Agendas
Project", Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the University
of Barcelona, Spain. Participant: Thomas König, Lars Mäder: "Delors’
Myth: The German Chapter".
10. 11. 2009, "Princeton International Relations Faculty Colloquium",
Princeton University, USA. Participant: Thomas König:
"Implementing correct and on time? A comparative study of the
transposition record of EU member states on EC directives".
19. 6. 2009, University of Milan, Graduate School, Thomas König:
"The Europeanization of Domestic Politics: From Executive
Dominance to Parliamentary Scrutiny", Milan, Italy.
8. 5. 2009, "Cege-Symposium „ Zur Bedeutung von Referenden für
den Europäischen Integrationsprozess“", Göttingen. Participant:
Thomas König: "Abstimmung per Plebiszit und im Parlament. Eine
vergleichende Analyse der Ratifikationsprozesse zur Europäischen
Vertragsreform".
7. 5. 2009, Conference "Bewertung der Ergebnisse der
Föderalismusreform II", University of Dresden. Thomas König:
"Experten und Positionen. Eine räumliche Analyse der
Föderalismusreform", Dresden.
26. 4. 2009, Workshop „Model European Union“, European
Parliament, Participant as Expert, Strasbourg, France.
7. 4. 2009, "Workshop on Public Opinion, Institutions and
Representation in the European Union", Stanford University,
Stanford, USA. Participant: Thomas König: "Cabinets and the
Transposition of EU Directives".
2. - 5. 4. 2009, "67th Annual National Conference of the Midwest
Political Science Association (MPSA)", Chicago, IL, USA. Participant:
Thomas König, Bernd Luig, Sven-Oliver Proksch, Jonathan Slapin:
"Policy Dimensionality and Legislative Activity in Parliamentary
Democracies".
2. - 5. 4. 2009, "67th Annual National Conference of the Midwest
Political Science Association (MPSA)", Chicago, IL, USA. Participant:
Thomas König: "Cabinets and the Transposition of EC Directives. A
Comparative Analysis of Policymaking Delegation in 15 Countries of
the European Union from 1984 to 2003".
27. - 28. 2. 2009, "Measuring the Europeanization of Public Policies
Beyond the 80%-Myth", WZB, Berlin. Participant: Thomas König:
"Measuring the Europeanization of Law-making in Institutional
Context: From Executive Dominance to Parliamentary Scrutiny".
5. 2. 2009, "BEPA Workshop on the Political Economy of EU Public
Finances", Brüssel, European Commission, Belgien. Participant:
Thomas König: "The Status Quo Bias on the EU Budget (Heikki
Kauppi/Mika Widgren)", Discussant.
29. - 31. 1. 2009, "2nd Conference on the Political Economy of
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2008
2007
International Organizations (PEIO)", Genf, Schweiz. Participant:
Thomas König, Lars Mäder: "Cabinets and the transportation of EC
directives".
25. - 27. 9. 2008, "Fourth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics",
University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. Participant: Thomas König, Lars
Mäder: "Compliance within the European Union".
28. - 31. 8. 2008, "Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association (APSA)", Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Participant:
Thomas König: "Imputing Legislator's Missing Positions: A Strategic
View".
13. - 15. 5. 2008, "Conference on „Designing Democratic
Institutions“", LSE, London, UK. Participant: Thomas König: "Why do
Member States waste their Time? Legislative Oversight in the EU
Decision Making Process".
11. - 16. 4. 2008, "ECPR Joint Session of Workshops", Rennes,
France. Participant: Thomas König: "Why do Veto Players waste their
Time? Proposal Power and Legislative Oversight in the Decision
Making Process of the European Union ".
3. - 8. 4. 2008, "Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association", Chicago. Participant: Brooke Luetgert, Thomas König:
"Policy Evaluation and Public Support for European Integration".
3. - 6. 4. 2008, "Midwest Political Science Association", Chicago, USA.
Participant: Thomas König: "Why do Veto Players Waste their Time?
Commissioners’ Proposal Power and Member States’ Scrutiny in EU
Legislative Decision Making".
3. - 8. 2. 2008, "The Political Economy of International Organizations,
PEIO Conference", Ascona, Switzerland. Participant: Thomas König:
"Why do Veto players use their Power?".
19. - 21. 12. 2007, "New Doctrinal Perspectives and Empirical
Findings, Separation of powers", University of Haifa, Israel.
Participant: Thomas König: "Why risk popular failure? A comparative
study on the choice of the ratification instrument in 25 member
states of the EU".
17. 12. 2007, "The Leonard Davis Institute for International
Relations", Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Participant:
Thomas König: "The reformability of the European Union: Domestic
Structures and the European treaty reform in a multi-stage two-level
game process".
29. 11. 2007, "Connex Workshop: New Modes of Governance",
Sciences Po, France. Participant: Thomas König: "Is qualified Majority
voting more effective".
22. - 23. 11. 2007, "The Impact of Enlargement on the EU
Institutions", Prague, Czech Republic. Participant: Thomas König:
"Why do veto players waste their time".
18. - 20. 10. 2007, "Conference on Fiscal Federalism:
Intergovernmental Relations, Competition and Accountability",
Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). Participant: Thomas
König: "Barry R. Weingast: "Second Generation Fiscal Federalism:
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Implications for Decentralized Democratic Governance and
Economic Development"", Discussant.
20. - 22. September 2007, "APPC Summer School", Turku School of
Economics, Finland. Participant: Thomas König: "Why don’t Veto
players use their power?".
6. - 9. 9. 2007, "4th ECPR General Conference, The implementation
of community law in the member states of the European Union",
University of Pisa, Italy. Participant: Thomas König: "Designing tools
for ex ante resource policy assessment".
31. 8. 2007 - 2. September 2007, "2. Konferenz des DFGSchwerpunktprogramms Institutionelle Gestaltung föderaler
Systeme", Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB).
Participant: Thomas König: "The Delegation of transition powers in
the member states of the EC".
19. - 29. 8. 2007, "5th DAAD-Summer School 2007 on The European
Constitution-building Process", Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen,
Nonnweiler. Participant: Thomas König: "Domestic structures and
European Integration. A multi-stage two-level analysis of
constitution building in the European Union: research design and
first results".
Teaching – Lectures
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
2005
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Principles of European Integration.
International Politics.
Principles of European Integration.
European Integration and Cooperation.
Einführung in die Internationalen Beziehungen.
Europäische Kooperation und Integration.
European Integration and Cooperation.
Transition und Transformation.
Außenpolitik- und Konfliktanalyse.
Einführung in die Theorien Internationaler Politik.
European Cooperation and Integration.
Außenpolitikanalyse und Konfliktforschung.
Transformationsprozesse.
Außenpolitik – Analyse und Prozesse im Vergleich.
Vergleichende Politikforschung: Systeme, Prozesse und Akteure.
Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft II.
Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft I.
Teaching – Colloquia
2012
2011
Kolloquium für Doktoranden
BA-Abschlussarbeit in Internationale Beziehungen
Master Thesis Kolloquium
Kolloquium für Doktoranden.
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BA-Abschlussarbeit in Internationalen Beziehungen.
BA-Abschlussarbeit in Internationalen Beziehungen.
Analytische Europäische Politikwissenschaft.
Analytische Europäische Politikwissenschaft, Teil II und III.
Analytische Europäische Politikwissenschaft, Teil I.
Europäische Politik: Akteure, Regeln und Entscheidungen.
The Efficiency of European Decision Making.
Modelling Collective Decision Making.
Teaching – Seminars
2013
2011
2010
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
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2004
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1999
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Research Seminar: Vetoplayers – how they work empirically
Selected Topics in International Politics.
International Institutions: The Analysis of European Decision Making.
Ausgewählte Themen der Politikwissenschaft (Seminar für
Examenskandidaten).
Exams Preparation.
Judicial Politics in the European Union - Compliance, Infringement
and Court Decisions.
Exams Preparation.
The European Union Decides.
Exams Preparation.
Richter machen Politik? Eine politikwissenschaftliche Untersuchung
der Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts.
Politikwissenschaftliche Analyse rechtlicher Entscheidungen.
Die Modellierung rechtlicher Entscheidungen der Europäischen
Union.
EU Politik, EU Recht und Implementation.
Regierung, Parlament und Bundesrat in Deutschland.
Gesetzgebungsanalyse im internationalen Vergleich.
Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Comparative Constitutional Analysis.
The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Estimating Policy Positions.
Analysing European Politics.
Estimating Policy Positions: Party Manifestos and German Elections
2002.
Explaining European Decision-making.
International Negotiations and Domestic Structures.
Internationale Mehrkammersysteme.
Europäische Integration: Geschichte, Gegenwart, Zukunft.
Neue Phänomene politischer Herrschaft? Gründe und Konsequenzen
der französischen Cohabitation, des amerikanischen Divided
Government und der deutschen B-Ländermehrheit.
Theorien der Regierungsbildung in demokratischen Systemen.
Föderalismus in der Bundesrepublik.
Eliten in Deutschland.
Bikameralismus: Zur Theorie und Empirie von
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Zweikammersystemen.
Die Regierungssysteme der europäischen Staaten im Vergleich.
Koalitionsbildung in parlamentarischen Systemen.
Die Machtverteilung in den Regierungssystemen der EU.
Regierungsnetzwerke und Netzwerke des Regierens.
Eliten und Eliteforschung.
Die Europäische Integration seit dem Vertrag von Maastricht.
Der Organisationenstaat.
Einführung in das politische System der Bundesrepublik.
Der Deutsche Bundestag vor und nach der Vereinigung.
Policy-Netzwerkanalyse.
Der Deutsche Bundestag.
Die Politikfelder der Europäischen Gemeinschaft.
Interessengruppen im politischen System der EG.
Europäische Entscheidungsprozesse im Vergleich.
Politikfeldanalysen.
Interessengruppen.
Theorien des Pluralismus und Korporatismus.
Teaching – Project Workshops
2013
2012
2011
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2003
SFB 884 Seminar Series
SFB 884 Seminar Series
SFB 884 Seminar Series
EU-Richtlinien und die Überwachung ihrer Umsetzung. Die Kontrolle
mitgliedstaatlicher Implementationsdefizite durch die Kommission.
Schlüsselreformen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Gründe für
Erfolg und Scheitern.
Lösung durch Verhandlung? Eine politikwissenschaftliche
Mediationsübung der europäischen Verfassungskrise.
Direkte Demokratie und Europäische Verfassung.
Verhandeln und Entscheiden – Theorie und Praxis der
Verhandlungen über eine Europäische Verfassung.
Europa am Scheideweg: Institutionen und Institutionelle Lösungen.
Teaching – Tutorials
2002
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1998
1997
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The German Political System: Between Consensus and Gridlock.
Einführung in die Theorien Internationaler Politik.
Europäische Handlungsspielräume – Handlungsspielräume der EU?
Koalitionstheorien.
Wahlen und Wahlsysteme.
Politik und Regieren im deutschen Föderalismus.
Theorien zur Erklärung internationaler Kooperation.
Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
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List of Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
König, Thomas und Daniel Finke. 2013. "Legislative Governance in Times of International
Terrorism." Journal of Conflict Resolution, online 17.09.2013.
König, Thomas und Bernd Luig. 2013. "Ministerial Gatekeeping and Parliamentary
Involvement in the Implementation Process of EU Directives." Public Choice, online
04.10.2013.
König, Thomas und Lars Mäder. 2013. "The Strategic Nature of Compliance: An Empirical
Evaluation of Law Implementation in the Central Monitoring System of the European
Union." American Journal of Political Science, online 06.06.2013.
König, Thomas, Moritz Marbach und Moritz Osnabrügge. 2013. "Estimating Party Positions
across Countries and Time - A Dynamic Latent Variable Model for Manifesto Data."
Political Analysis, 21 (4): 468-491.
David Fortunato, Thomas König, and Sven-Oliver Proksch. 2013.“Government AgendaSetting and Bicameral Conflict Resolution“. Political Research Quarterly, first
published on May 10, 2013.
König, Thomas/Mäder, Lars, 2013 „Non-conformable, partial and conformable
transposition: A competing risk analysis of the transposition process of directives in
the EU“, European Union Politics, 15, 2012, Volume 14, Issue 1: 46-69.
König, Thomas und Bernd Luig. 2012. "Party Ideology and Legislative Agendas: Estimating
Contextual Policy Positions for the Study of EU Decision-Making." European Union
Politics: pre-published on June 26, 2012.
Angelova, Mariyana/ Tanja Dannwolf /König, Thomas. 2012. "How Robust are Compliance
Findings? A Research Synthesis." Journal of European Public Policy: pre-published on
July 24, 2012.
König, Thomas/Luig, Bernd. 2012. “Party ideology and legislative agendas: Estimating
contextual policy positions for the study of EU decision-making“, European Union
Politics 13 (4): 604-625.
König, Thomas und Patricia Wruuck. 2011. "Aufsichtsratskontrolle und strategische Agenda-
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Setzung in Landesbanken." Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 12 (4): 397-412.
König, Thomas/Finke, Daniel “Why Risk Popular Ratification Failure? A Comparative
Analysis of the Choice of the Ratification Instrument in the 25 Member States of the
EU “, Constitutional Political Economy, Vol. 20, no. 3, 341-365, 2009.
König, Thomas/ Junge, Dirk: "Why Don't Veto Players Use Their Power?" European Union
Politics 10 (4), 507-534, 2009.
König, Thomas/ Luetgert, Brooke: "Troubles with Transposition? Explaining Trends in
Member-State Notification and the Delayed Transposition of EU Directives." British
Journal of Political Science 39 (1), 163-194, 2009.
König, Thomas/ Luig, Bernd: "German ‘LexIconSpace’: Policy Positions and their Legislative
Context." German Politics 18 (3), 345-364, 2009.
König, Thomas/ Mäder, Lars: "Antwort auf die Replik von Daniel Göler zum Beitrag “Das
Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates und der Mythos einer 80-ProzentEuropäisierung in Deutschland“." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 50 (1), 80-85, 2009.
König, Thomas: "Analysing the Process of EU Legislative Decision-Making: To Make a Long
Story Short." European Union Politics 9 (1), 145-165, 2008.
König, Thomas: "Why do Member States Empower the European Parliament?" Journal of
European Public Policy 15 (2): 167-188, 2008.
König, Thomas/ Daimer, Stephanie/ Finke, Daniel: "The Treaty Reform of the EU:
Constitutional Agenda-Setting, Intergovernmental Bargains and the Presidency's
Crisis Management of Ratification Failure." Journal of Common Market Studies 46
(2), 337-363, 2008.
König, Thomas/Mäder,Lars: "Das Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates und der Mythos
einer 80-Prozent-Europäisierung in Deutschland." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 49
(3), 438-463, 2008.
Hug, Simon/ König, Thomas: "Domestic Structures and Constitution-Building in an
International Organization: Introduction." The Review of International Organizations
2 (2), 105-113, 2008.
Jensen, Christian B./ Slapin, Jonathan/ König, Thomas: "Who Calls for a Common EU Foreign
Policy?: Partisan Constraints on CFSP Reform." European Union Politics 8 (3), 387410, 2007.
Junge, Dirk/König, Thomas: "What's Wrong With EU Spatial Analysis?: The Accuracy and
Robustness of Empirical Applications To the Interpretation of the Legislative Process
and the Specification of Preferences." Journal of Theoretical Politics 19 (4), 465-487,
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2007.
König, Thomas: "Discontinuity: Another Source of the EU's Democratic Deficit?" European
Union Politics 8 (3), 411-432, 2007.
König, Thomas: "Divergence or Convergence? From Ever-Growing to Ever-Slowing European
Legislative Decision Making." European Journal of Political Research 46 (3), 417-444.,
2007.
König, Thomas/Finke, Daniel: "Reforming the Equilibrium? Veto Players and Policy Change in
the European Constitution-Building Process." The Review of International
Organizations 2 (2), 153-176, 2007.
König, Thomas/Lindberg, Björn/ Lechner, Sandra/ Pohlmeier, Winfried: "Bicameral Conflict
Resolution in the European Union: An Empirical Analysis of Conciliation Committee
Bargains." British Journal of Political Science 37 (2), 281-312, 2007.
König, Thomas, / Luetgert, Brooke/ Dannwolf, Tanja: "Quantifying European Legislative
Research: Using CELEX and PreLex in EU Legislative Studies." European Union Politics
7 (4): 553-574, 2006.
König, Thomas/ Proksch, Sven-Oliver:. "Exchanging and Voting in the Council: Endogenizing
the Spatial Model of Legislative Politics." Journal of European Public Policy 13 (5):
647-669, 2006.
König, Thomas/Slapin, Jonathan: "From Unanimity to Consensus: An Analysis of the
Negotiations at the EU's Constitutional Convention." World Politics 58 (3), 413-445,
2006.
König, Thomas: "Die Europäische Republik - so nah und wohl doch so fern?" Zeitschrift für
Internationale Beziehungen 12 (2), 361-367, 2005.
König, Thomas: "Measuring and Analysing Positions on European Constitution-building."
European Union Politics 6 (3), 259-267, 2005.
König, Thomas: "The Unit of Analysis, the Nature of Policy Spaces and the Model Approach."
Journal of Theoretical Politics 17 (3), 363-369, 2005.
König, Thomas/ Finke, Daniel/Daimer, Stephanie: "Ignoring the Non-ignorables?:
Missingness and Missing Positions." European Union Politics 6 (3), 269-290, 2005.
König, Thomas/ Troeger, Vera E.: "Budgetary Politics and Veto Players." Swiss Political
Science Review 11 (4), 47-75, 2005.
König, Thomas/ Bräuninger, Thomas: "Accession and Reform of the European Union: A
Game-Theoretical Analysis of Eastern Enlargement and the Constitutional Reform."
European Union Politics 5 (4), 419-439, 2004.
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König, Thomas/ Slapin, Jonathan: "Bringing Parliaments Back in: The Sources of Power in the
European Treaty Negotiations." Journal of Theoretical Politics 16 (3), 357-394, 2004.
Hug, Simon/König, Thomas: "In View of Ratification: Governmental Preferences and
Domestic Constraints at the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference."
International Organization 56 (2), 447-476, 2002.
König, Thomas: "Bicameralism and Party Politics in Germany: An Empirical Social Choice
Analysis." Political Studies 49 (3), 411-437, 2001.
König, Thomas/Pöter, Mirja : "Examining the EU Legislative Process: The Relative
Importance of Agenda and Veto Power." European Union Politics 2 (3), 329-351,
2001.
Bräuninger, Thomas/König, Thomas: "Making Rules for Governing Global Commons: The
Case of Deep-Sea Mining." The Journal of Conflict Resolution 44 (5), 604-629, 2000.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Decisiveness and Inclusiveness: Two Aspects of the
Intergovernmental Choices of European Voting Rules." Homo oeconomicus 17 (1/2),
107-123, 2000.
König, Thomas/Hug, Simon: "Ratifying Maastricht: Parliamentary Votes on International
Treaties and Theoretical Solution Concepts." European Union Politics 1 (1), 93-124,
2000.
Schulz, Heiner/König, Thomas: "Institutional Reform and Decision-Making Efficiency in the
European Union." American Journal of Political Science 44 (4), 653-666, 2000.
Bräuninger, Thomas/König, Thomas:. "The Checks and Balances of Party Federalism:
German Federal Government in a Divided Legislature." European Journal of Political
Research 36 (2), 207-234, 1999.
König, Thomas/ Bräuninger, Thomas. "Finnland auf dem Weg zum Mehrheitssystem? Eine
vergleichende Analyse der politischen Willensbildung vor und nach den finnischen
Verfassungsreformen der 90er Jahre." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 40 (1), 40-64,
1999.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Formation of Policy Networks: Preferences,
Institutions and Actors' Choice of Information and Exchange Relations." Journal of
Theoretical Politics 10 (4), 445-471, 1998.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Inclusiveness of European Decision Rules." Journal
of Theoretical Politics 10 (1), 125-142, 1998.
König, Thomas: "The Constitutional Development of European Integration." Journal of
Theoretical Politics 8 (4), 553-559, 1996.
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König, Thomas/ Bräuninger, Thomas: "Power and Political Coordination in American and
German Multi-Chamber Legislation." Journal of Theoretical Politics 8 (3), 331-360,
1996.
Pappi, Franz Urban/König, Thomas: "Les Organisations Centrales dans les Réseaux
Politiques: Une Comparaison Allemagne - Etats-Unis dans le Champ de la Politiqe du
Travail." Revue Française de Sociologie 36 (4), 725-742, 1995.
König, Thomas: "Kollektive Entscheidungsfindung im Politikfeld 'Arbeit': Ein
modellorientierter Politikfeld-Ansatz." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 33 (4): 597-621,
1992.
Articles in Other Journals
König, Thomas: “Politische Steuerung und ergänzende Bürgerbeteiligung“. Forum Wohnen
und Stadtentwicklung , vhw 2/2011: 70-73, Berlin 2011.
König, Thomas: "Governing in German Federalism (Regieren im Föderalismus)", in: Aus
Politik und Zeitgeschichte 13/35, 24-36, Bonn 1999.
König, Thomas: "Government Change without Policy Change? (Regierungswechsel ohne
politischen Wandel? Ein Vergleich des wirtschafts-politischen Handlungsspielraums
der Regierung Kohl, einer Regierung Schröder, einer Großen Koalition und einer SPDAlleinregierung)", in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 3/1998, 478-495, Opladen
1998.
König, Thomas: "Joint Decisionmaking Trap or Party Blockade? (Politik-verflechtungsfalle
oder Parteienblockade? Das Potential für politischen Wandel im deutschen
Zweikammersystem)", in: Zeitschrift für Staatswissenschaft und Staatspraxis, 2/1997,
135-159, Berlin 1997.
König, Thomas: "Coordination in Negotiation Systems (Die Koordination in Verhandlungssystemen)", in: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 2/1995, 268294, Opladen 1995.
König, Thomas: "The Relevance of Policy Networks for Collective Decisionmaking (Die
Bedeutung von Politik-Netzen in einem Modell politischer Entscheidung und
politisch-privater Einflußnahme)", in: Journal für Sozialforschung, 4/1993, 23-47,
Wien 1993.
König, Thomas/Blume, Till/Luig, Bernd: "Policy Change without Government Change?
German Gridlock After the 2002 Elections", in: German Politics 2/2003, 86-146,
London 2003.
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König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Governing the Enlarged European Union: Accession
Scenarios and Institutional Reform", in: Central European Political Science Review,
1/1, 42-62, Budapest 2000.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Transformation of EU in View of Expansion (Az
Európai Uniô átalakitása a bövités jegyében)", in: Politikatudományi Szemle, 4/1998,
107-129, Budapest 1998.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "How important are the C-States for German
Legislation? (Wie wichtig sind die Länder in der Einspruchs- und
Zustimmungsgesetzgebung)", in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 4/1997, 605-628,
Opladen 1997.
König,
Thomas/Brechtel, Thomas: "From Corporatism Towards Etatism? (Vom
Korporatismus zum Etatismus? Ein Vergleich der arbeits- und sozialpolitischen
Vermittlungsstrukturen vor und nach der Vereinigung)", in: Kölner Zeitschrift für
Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 4/1997, 702-731, Opladen 1997.
König, Thomas/Volkens, Andrea/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Government Declarations from 1949
to 1998 (Regierungserklärungen von 1949 bis 1998. Eine vergleichende
Untersuchung ihrer regierungsinternen und –externen Bestimmungsfaktoren)", in:
Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 3/1999, 641-659, Opladen 1999.
Monographs
Finke, Daniel, Thomas König, Sven-Oliver Proksch, and George Tsebelis. “Reforming the
European Union: Realizing the Impossible“. Princeton: Princeton University Press
2012.
König, Thomas: "Europe Towards Majority System (Europa auf dem Weg zum
Mehrheitssystem. Gründe und Konsequenzen nationaler und parlamentarischer
Integration)", Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1997.
König, Thomas. “Koordination, Kooperation und die Wahrung staatlicher Handlungsfreiheit.
Eine Modellierung von Kooperation und Konflikt an den Beispielen der Europäischen
Union und der Antarktiskonferenz“. Habilitationsschrift zur Erlangung der Venia
Legendi in Politikwissenschaft an der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften der
Universität Mannheim (Habilitation). Mannheim: University of Mannheim, 1996.
Pappi, Franz Urban/König, Thomas/Knoke, David: "Decisionmaking in the Labor Policy
Domain (Entscheidungsprozesse in der Arbeits- und Sozialpolitik. Der Zugang der
Interessengruppen zum Regierungssystem über Politikfeldnetze. Ein deutschamerikanischer Vergleich)", Frankfurt: Campus Verlag 1995.
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König,
Thomas: "Decisionmaking the the Policy Network (Entscheidungen
Politiknetzwerk)", Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitätsverlag 1992.
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Editorships
Brouard, Sylvain, Olivier Costa, and Thomas König (Eds.), “The Europeanization of Domestic
Legislatures: The Empirical Implications of the Delors' Myth in Nine Countries,”
Studies in Public Choice. New York: Springer, 2012.
König Thomas, George Tsebelis, and Marc Debus (Eds.),” Reform Processes and Policy
Change: Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies” Studies in Public
Choice 16. New York: Springer, 2010.
Deth, Jan van/König, Thomas (Eds.), "European Political Science – the State of the Discipline
(Europäische Politikwissenschaft – ein Blick in die Werkstatt)", Mannheimer
Jahrbuch zur Europäischen Sozialforschung, Band 4, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2000.
König, Thomas (Ed.), "Measuring and Analysing Positions on European Constitutionbuilding", Special Issue of European Union Politics, 6/2005, London 2005.
König, Thomas (Ed.), "Modeling Policy Networks", Special Issue of the Journal of Theoretical
Politics, 4/1998, London: Sage 1998.
König, Thomas (Ed.), "Measuring and Analysing Positions on European Constitutionbuilding", Special Issue of European Union Politics, 6/2005, London 2005.
König, Thomas/Hug, Simon (Eds.), Policy-making Process and the European Constitution. A
Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries", Routledge 2006.
König, Thomas/Rieger, Elmar/Schmitt, Herrmann (Eds.), "European Institutional Politics
(Europäische Institutionenpolitik)", Mannheimer Jahrbuch zur Europäischen
Sozialforschung, Band 2, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag 1997.
König, Thomas/Rieger, Elmar/Schmitt, Hermann (Eds.), "The European Mulitlevel System
(Das europäische Mehrebenensystem)", Mannheimer Jahrbuch zur Europäischen
Sozialforschung, Band 1, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag 1996.
Widmaier, Ulrich/König, Thomas (Eds.), "Technical Perspectives and Societal Developments
(Technische Perspektiven und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen)", Baden-Baden:
Nomos 1990.
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Articles in Editorships
Brouard, Sylvain, Olivier Costa, and Thomas König, "Delors' Myth: The Scope and Impact of
the Europeanization of Law Production." In The Europeanization of Domestic
Legislatures: The Empirical Implications of the Delors' Myth in Nine Countries, eds.
Sylvain Brouard, Olivier Costa, and Thomas König. New York: Springer, 1-19, 2012.
König, Thomas, Tanja Dannwolf, and Brooke Luetgert, "EU Legislative Activities and
Domestic Politics.” In The Europeanization of Domestic Legislatures: The Empirical
Implications of the Delors' Myth in Nine Countries, eds. Sylvain Brouard, Olivier
Costa, and Thomas König. New York: Springer, 21-37, 2012.
König, Thomas and Lars Mäder, "Does Europeanization Change Executive-Parliament
Relations? Executive Dominance and Parliamentary Responses in Germany." In The
Europeanization of Domestic Legislatures: The Empirical Implications of the Delors'
Myth in Nine Countries, eds. Sylvain Brouard, Olivier Costa, and Thomas König. New
York: Springer. 95-108, 2012.
König, Thomas and Lars Mäder, "Going Beyond: Causes of Europeanization." In The
Europeanization of Domestic Legislatures: The Empirical Implications of the Delors'
Myth in Nine Countries, eds. Sylvain Brouard, Olivier Costa, and Thomas König. New
York: Springer. 223-239, 2012.
König, Thomas and Dirk Junge, "Agenda Setting," in: International Encyclopedia of Political
Science, eds. Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Leonardo Morlino. London:
Sage. 48-53, 2011.
König, Thomas and Dirk Junge, "Conflict Resolution in the Council by Linkage of Commission
Proposals," In The 'Community Method'. Obstinate or Obsolete?, ed. Renaud
Dehousse. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 76-88, 2011.
König, Thomas, and Marc Debus, “Veto Players, Reform Processes and Policy Change:
Concluding Remarks." In Reform Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players and
Decision-Making in Modern Democracies, eds. Thomas König, Marc Debus and
George Tsebelis. New York: Springer. 269-283, 2010.
König, Thomas, and Dirk Junge, "Why Don't Veto Players Use Their Power?" In Reform
Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern
Democracies, eds. Thomas König, George Tsebelis and Marc Debus. New York:
Springer. 165-186, 2010.
König, Thomas, Bernd Luig, Sven-Oliver Proksch, and Jonathan Slapin, "Measuring Policy
Positions of Veto Players in Parliamentary Democracies." In Reform Processes and
Policy Change: Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies, eds.
Thomas König, George Tsebelis and Marc Debus. New York: Springer. 69-95, 2010.
Bräuninger, Thomas, and Thomas König, "Making Rules for Governing Global Commons. The
Case of Deep-sea Mining." In International Law (Sage Library of International
Relations), ed. Beth A. Simmons. London: Sage. 141-166, 2008.
König, Thomas, "From Treaty Bargains to a Constitutional Proposal and Back." In The Rise
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and Fall of the EU's Constitutional Treaty, ed. Finn Laursen. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff
Publishers. 525-537, 2008.
König, Thomas, "Regieren im 21. Jahrhundert in Europa: Bürokratisierung oder
Politisierung?" In Regieren zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts, eds. Werner Jann and
Klaus König. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 439-456, 2008.
König, Thomas, and Dirk Junge, "Veto Player Theory and Consensus Behaviour." In Unveiling
the Council of the European Union. Games Governments Play in Brussels. Palgrave
Studies in European Union Politics, eds. Daniel Naurin and Helen Wallace.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 81-98, 2008.
König, Thomas, "Das Europäische Puzzle oder: Warum das Europäische Parlament an Macht
gewonnen hat." In Einzelinteressen und kollektives Handeln in modernen
Demokratien. Festschrift für Ulrich Widmaier, eds. Nils C. Bandelow and Wilhelm
Bleek. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 59-74, 2007.
König, Thomas, and Stephanie Daimer, "Vorwort - Die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft
2007 und die Zukunft der europäischen Verfassung." In WeltTrends-Papiere. Die
deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft 2007 - Ende der Verfassungskrise?, ed. Azadeh
Zamirirad. Potsdam: Universität Potsdam. 4-5, 2007.
König, Thomas, Daniel Finke, and Stephanie Daimer, "Der Verfassungsvertrag: Die beste
Lösung? Eine Analyse der Optionen der deutschen Ratspräsidentschaft." In
WeltTrends-Papiere. Die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft 2007 - Ende der
Verfassungskrise?, ed. Azadeh Zamirirad. Potsdam: Universität Potsdam. 62-82,
2007.
Daimer, Stephanie, and Thomas König, "Germany: The Promoter of European Integration?"
In Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution. A Comparative Study of
Member States and Accession Countries, eds. Thomas König and Simon Hug. London:
Routledge. 102-109, 2006.
Finke, Daniel, and Thomas König,"Finland: Centralized Consensus on EU Constitution
Building." In Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution. A Comparative
Study of Member States and Accession Countries, eds. Thomas König and Simon Hug.
London: Routledge. 85-92, 2006.
Hug, Simon, and Thomas König. "Conclusion." In Policy-making Processes and the European
Constitution. A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries, eds.
Thomas König and Simon Hug. London: Routledge. 260-278, 2006.
Hug, Simon, and Thomas König, "Divided Government and the Ratification of the
Amsterdam Treaty." In Democratic Foreign Policy Making: Problems of Divided
Government and International Cooperation, ed. Robert Pahre. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan. 133-150, 2006.
König, Thomas, "The Dynamics of the Two-Level Process of Constitution Building. Setting the
Agenda by Agenda Setting." In The Making of a European Constitution. Dynamics and
Limits of the Convention Experience, eds. Sonja Puntscher-Riekmann and Wolfgang
Wessels. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissen-schaften. 156-171, 2006.
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König, Thomas, and Simon Hug, "Introduction." In: Policy-making Processes and the
European Constitution. A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession
Countries, eds. Thomas König and Simon Hug. London: Routledge. 1-8, 2006.
König, Thomas, and Sven-Oliver Proksch, "A Procedural Exchange Model of EU Legislative
Politics." In The European Union Decides, eds. Robert Thomson, Frans N. Stokman,
Christopher H. Achen and Thomas König. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
211-238, 2006.
Bräuninger, Thomas/Cornelius, Tanja/König, Thomas/Schuster, Thomas: "The Dynamics of
European Integration. A Constitutional Choice Analysis of the Amsterdam Treaty." In
The Rules of Integration. Institutionalist Approaches to the Study of Europe, eds.
Schneider, Gerald/Aspinwall, Mark, 46-68, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
46-68, 2001.
Bräuninger, Thomas/König, Thomas: "Die Einrichtung von Abstimmungsregeln zur Nutzung
globaler Gemeinschaftsgüter. Das Beispiel der Meeresbodenbehörde." In
Globalisierung und Rechtsordnung: Zur Neuen Institutionenökonomik internationaler
Transaktionen, Jahrbuch Neue Politische Ökonomie, Band 18, 132-159, Tübingen:
Mohr Siebeck 2000.
Hoffmann-Lange, Ursula/König, Thomas: "Politische Eliten". In Politische Kommunikation in
der demokratischen Gesellschaft, eds. Jarren, Ottfried/Sarcinelli, Ulrich/Saxer, Ulrich.
Ein Handbuch, 450-455, Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1998.
König, Thomas: "From Treaty Bargains to a Constitutional Proposal and Back". In The Rise
and Fall of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty, ed. Laursen, Finn, 525-537, Leiden:
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2008.
König, Thomas: "Das Europäische Puzzle oder: Warum das Europäische Parlament an Macht
gewonnen hat." In Einzelinteressen und kollektives Handeln in modernen
Demokratien, eds. Bandelow, Nils C./Bleek, Wilhelm, Festschrift für Ulrich Widmaier,
59-74, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2007.
König, Thomas: "Von der Politikverflechtung in die Parteienblockade? Probleme und
Perspektiven der deutschen Zweikammergesetzgebung". In Eine lernende
Demokratie: 50 Jahre Bundesrepublik Deutschland, eds. Kaase, Max/Schmid,
Günther, WZB-Jahrbuch 1999, 63-85, Berlin: Sigma 1999.
König, Thomas: "Introduction: Modeling Policy Networks." In Modeling Policy Networks,
Special Issue of the Journal of Theoretical Politics, ed. König, Thomas, 4/1998, 387388, London 1998.
König,
Thomas: "Reformstau: Vorübergehende Erscheinung oder Anlaß zur
Verfassungsreform?" In Aufschwung Ost im Reformstau West, eds. Mummert,
Uwe/Wohlgemuth Michael, 403-419, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1998.
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König, Thomas: "From Corporatism to Etatism? German Policy Networks Before and After
Unification. In Handbook of Global Economic Policy: Among and Within Nations,
367-386, New York: JAI Press 1999.
König,
Thomas: "Vom Intergouvernementalismus zum Parlamentarismus? Eine
institutionelle Analyse der Europäischen Mehrkammer-Gesetzgebung von 19581995." In Das europäische Mehrebenensystem, Mannheimer Jahrbuch zur
Europäischen Sozialforschung, eds. König, Thomas/Rieger, Elmar/Schmitt, Hermann,
Band 1, 70-98, Frankfurt: Campus 1996.
König Thomas: "Intergouvernementale versus supranationale Politikfeldstrukturen. Eine
Konzeption prototypischer Interaktionsmuster privater und politischer Akteure zum
Vergleich europäischer Politikbereiche." In Europäische Integration und verbandliche
Interessenvermittlung, eds. Eichener, Wolfgang/Voelzkow, Helmut, 155-180,
Marburg: Metropolis 1994.
König,
Thomas: "Policy- und Netzwerkanalyse." In Jahrbuch zur Staats- und
Verwaltungswissenschaft, eds. Ellwein, Thomas/Hesse, Joachim/-Mayntz,
Renate/Scharpf, Fritz, Bd. 5/1991, 241-256, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1991.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Europa am Scheideweg? Erweiterungen und die
Handlungsfähigkeit der Union." In Die Europäisierung nationaler Gesellschaften, ed.
Bach, Maurizio 112-129, Westdeutscher Verlag 2000.
König,
Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Union’s Institutional Reforming and
Enlargement". In The NEBI Yearbook - North European and Baltic Sea Integration,
227-242, Heidelberg: Springer 2000.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Institutional Politics of Enlargement. Diverging
Goals For Reforming EU Legislation." In Widening the European Union: The Politics of
Institutional Change and Reform, ed. Steunenberg, Bernard 2002.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Politikwechsel im Föderalismus." In Zwischen
Wettbewerbs- und Verhandlungsdemokratie, eds. Holtmann, Everhard/Voelzkow,
Helmut, 129-147, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag 2000.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Europäische Integration: Institutionenpolitik zwischen
Parlamentarismus
und
Intergouvernementalismus."
In
Europäische
Institutionenpolitik, Mannheimer Jahrbuch zur Europäischen Sozialforschung, eds.
König, Thomas/Rieger, Elmar/Schmitt, Herrmann, Band 2, 267-288, Frankfurt:
Campus 1997.
König, Thomas/Junge, Dirk: "Veto Player Theory and Consensus Behaviour", In Unveiling the
Council of the European Union. Games Governments Play in Brussels, eds. Naurin,
Daniel/Wallace, Helen, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, 81-99,
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2008.
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König, Thomas/Knoke, David/Pappi, Franz Urban/Broadbent, Jeff/Tsujinaka, Yutaka:
"Exchange Processes", In Comparing Policy Networks. Labor Politics in the U.S., eds.
Knoke, David/Pappi, Franz Urban/Broadbent, Jeff/Tsujinaka, Yutaka, Germany and
Japan, 152-188, Cambridge: Cambridge 1996.
König, Thomas/Liebert, Ulrike: "Germany: Party Influence or Chancellor Rule?", In Party and
Government: An Inquiry into the Relationship between Governments and Supporting
Parties in Liberal Democracies, eds. Blondel, Jean/Cotta, Maurizio ,78-90, London:
Macmillan 1996.
König, Thomas/Rieger, Elmar/Schmitt, Hermann: "Einleitung: Europa der Bürger?
Voraussetzungen, Alternativen, Konsequenzen", In Europa der Bürger?, eds. König,
Thomas/Rieger, Elmar/Schmitt, Herrmann, Mannheimer Jahrbuch zur Europäischen
Sozialforschung, Band 3, 11-17, Frankfurt: Campus 1998.
König, Thomas/Widmaier, Ulrich: "Engpaßdiagnosen und Handlungsoptionen im Bereich
Arbeitsmarkt", In Technische Perspektiven und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen, eds.
König, Thomas/Schmitt, Herrmann, 93-113, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1990.
König, Thomas/Widmaier, Ulrich: "Engpaßdiagnosen und Handlungsoptionen im Bereich
Aus- und Weiterbildung", In Technische Perspektiven und gesellschaftliche
Entwicklungen, eds. König, Thomas/Schmitt, Herrmann, 115-126, Baden-Baden:
Nomos 1990.
König, Thomas/Widmaier, Ulrich: "Engpaßdiagnosen und Handlungsoptionen im Bereich
neuer Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien", In Technische Perspektiven
und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen, eds. König, Thomas/Schmitt, Herrmann, 174190, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1990.
König, Thomas/Widmaier, Ulrich: "Engpaßdiagnosen und Handlungsoptionen im Bereich
Umweltsektor", In Technische Perspektiven und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen, eds.
König, Thomas/Schmitt, Herrmann, 219-238, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1990.
König, Thomas/Widmaier, Ulrich: "Engpaßdiagnosen und Handlungsoptionen im Bereich
Energiesektor", In Technische Perspektiven und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen, eds.
König, Thomas/Schmitt, Herrmann, 257-277, Baden-Baden: Nomos 1990.
Pappi, Franz Urban/König Thomas: "Informationstausch in politischen Netzwerken", In
Netzwerke und Politikproduktion. Konzepte, Methoden, Perspektiven, eds. Schubert,
Klaus/Jansen, Brigitte, 111-131, Marburg: Schüren 1995.
Rieger, Elmar/König, Thomas: "Einleitung: Perspektiven und Probleme europäischer
Institutionenpolitik", In Europäische Institutionenpolitik, eds. König, Thomas/Rieger,
Elmar/Schmitt, Herrmann, Mannheimer Jahrbuch zur Europäischen Sozialforschung,
Band 2, 11-41, Frankfurt: Campus 1997.
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Widmaier, Ulrich/König, Thomas: "Engpaßdiagnosen und Handlungsoptionen im Bereich
sozialer Entwicklungen", In Technische Perspektiven und gesell-schaftliche
Entwicklungen, eds. Widmaier, Ulrich/König, Thomas, 29-46, Baden-Baden: Nomos
1990.
Published Conference and Working Papers
Bräuninger, Thomas/König, Thomas: "With Consent Towards Majority Rule? The Amsterdam
Treaty from a Contractian Point of View", Vortrag zur Jahrestagung des European
Consortium for Political Research Science, Mannheim 1999.
Bräuninger, Thomas/König, Thomas: "Explaining Preferences Over Rules for the Use of
Global Commons. The Case of Deep-sea Mining", Vortrag zur Jahrestagung Neue
Politische Ökonomie, Saarbrücken 1998.
Bräuninger, Thomas/König, Thomas: "The Checks and Balances of Party Federalism. German
Federal Government in a Divided Legislature", Vortrag zur Jahrestagung des
European Consortium for Political Research Science, Warwick 1998.
Hug, Simon/König, Thomas: "Ratifying Maastricht. Parliamentary Votes on International
Treaties and Theoretical Solution Concepts", Vortrag zur Jahrestagung der American
Political Science Association, Boston 1998.
Hug, Simon/König, Thomas: "Ratifying Amsterdam: Parliamentary Votes on International
Treaties and Theoretical Solution Concepts", Vortrag zur Jahrestagung der American
Political Science Association, Atlanta 1999.
König, Thomas: "German Bicameralism. From Federal Cooperation to Party Gridlock?",
Vortrag zur Jahrestagung des European Consortium for Political Research Science,
Warwick 1998.
König, Thomas: "Macro-Stability and Micro-Change. German Policy Networks Before and
After Unification", Vortrag zur Jahrestagung der American Political Science
Association, Washington 1997.
König, Thomas: " Koordination, Kooperation und die Wahrung staatlicher Handlungsfreiheit.
Eine Modellierung von Kooperation und Konflikt an den Beispielen der Europäischen
Union und der Antarktiskonferenz", Habilitationsschrift zur Erlangung der Venia
Legendi in Politikwissenschaft an der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften der
Universität Mannheim, Mannheim 1996.
König Thomas: "From Intergovernmentalism to Party Politics? An Institutional Power
Analysis of European Multi-Chamber Legislation from 1958 to 1995", Mannheimer
Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Arbeitspapier AB II/11, Mannheim
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1995.
König, Thomas: "Kaase, Max/Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (Hrsg.): Wahlen und Wähler", in:
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 2/1995, Opladen 1995.
König Thomas: "Intergouvernementale versus supranationale Politikfeldstrukturen",
Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Arbeitspapier AB II/3,
Mannheim 1994.
König,
Thomas:
"Benz,
Arthur/Scharpf,
Fritz/Zintl,
Reinhard:
Horizontale
Politikverflechtung", in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 4/1994, Opladen 1994.
König, Thomas: "Decision making in the German Labor Policy Domain: A Model for Analysis",
veröffentlichter Vortrag zur Zweiten Europäischen Netzwerk-Konferenz, Paris 1991.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "Behind the Veil of Amsterdam", Vortrag zur
Jahrestagung des European Consortium for Political Research Science, Mannheim
1999.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger Thomas: "A-, B- und C-Länder: Zur Verwendung des Arguments
"Sprachgebrauch und benötigte Kategorie", in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen,
2/1998, 350-352, Opladen 1998.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Institutional Politics of Enlargement. Diverging
Goals for Reforming EU Legislation", NEMEU Working Papers No. 97-3, Twente 1997.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas: "The Constitutional Choice of Rules. An Application of
the Relative and Absolute Power Concept to European Legislation", Mannheimer
Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Arbeitspapier AB II/20, Mannheim
1997.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas/Cornelius, Tanja: "The Dynamics of European
Integration. A Constitutional Analysis of the Amsterdam Intergovernmental
Conference", Vortrag zur Tagung Rules of Integration: An Assessment of the
Institutionalist Turn in European Studies, Konstanz 1998.
König, Thomas/Bräuninger, Thomas/Schuster, Thomas: "Inclusiveness, Decisiveness, and the
Matrix of Institutional Choice", veröffentlichter Vortrag zur ECPR-Konferenz, Bern
1997.
König, Thomas/Brechtel, Thomas: "Sind die strukturellen Voraussetzungen für ein Bündnis
für Arbeit vorhanden? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Vermittlungsrollen
organisierter Interessen im Politikfeld Arbeit vor und nach der Vereinigung",
veröffentlichter Vortrag zur SASE-Konferenz, Genf 1996.
König, Thomas/Mäder, Lars: "The Myth of 80% and the Impact of Europeanisation on
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German Legislation", Working Papers Mannheim Centre for European Social
Research, No 118, Mannheim 2009.
König, Thomas/Pappi, Franz Urban: "Political Decisions and Private-Public Influences in
Policy Domain Networks: An Access-Model for the Analysis of Collective Decisions in
the American and German Labor Policy Domain", veröffentlichter Vortrag zur
International Sunbelt Conference, Tampa 1993.
König, Thomas/Pappi, Franz Urban/Knoke, David/Broadbent, Jeff/Tsujinaka, Yutaka:
"Institutional Patterns of Political Exchange: Competitive versus Cooperative
Decision making in the American, Japanese and German Labor Policy Domain",
veröffentlichter Vortrag zur Dritten Europäischen Netzwerk-Konferenz, München
1993.
König, Thomas/Schulz, Heiner: "The Efficiency of Legislative Decision Making in the
European Union. An Event-History Analysis of EU Decision Making Speed", Berkeley
Working Paper Series 1.54, Berkeley 1997.
Pappi, Franz Urban/König, Thomas: "Peak Organizations in Policy Domain Networks:
German and American Labour Policy Domain Compared", veröffentlichter Vortrag
zur International Conference on Social Networks, Volume 3, London 1995.
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