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:Joint decision trap

The joint decision trap was identified by the political scientist, Fritz W. Scharpf in a 1988 scholarly article, {{cite book |last= Scharpf|first= Fritz W.|title= The Joint-Decision Trap. Lessons From German Federalism and European Integration|year= 1988|series= Public Administration, Vol. 66, No. 2|pages= 239–78}} It is understood to be a situation in which there is a tendency for government decisions to be taken at the lowest common denominator in situations where the decision-makers have the ability to veto the proposals. It is a common challenge for federal governments such as Germany and the European Union.{{cite news|title=Who governs the environmental policy in the EU? A study of the process towards a common climate target|url=http://www.cicero.uio.no/publications/detail.aspx?publication_id=50&lang=NO|accessdate=7 November 2010|newspaper=Cicero|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062423/http://www.cicero.uio.no/publications/detail.aspx?publication_id=50&lang=NO|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

See also

References

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{{cite web|title=The Joint-Decision Trap Revisited|url=http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/events/EventsArchive/Seminal%20Contributions/FritzScharpf.doc|publisher=London School of Economics|accessdate=14 August 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111833/http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/events/EventsArchive/Seminal%20Contributions/FritzScharpf.doc|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|title=Introduction: The EU's Decision Traps and their Exits, A Concept for Comparative Analysis|url=http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/13/9780199596225.pdf|publisher=|accessdate=14 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by Gerda Falkner

{{cite journal|title=The Joint-Decision Trap: Lessons from German Federalism and European integration|journal=Public Administration|volume=66|issue=3|pages=239–278|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00694.x|year=1988|last1=Scharpf|first1=Fritz W.|hdl=21.11116/0000-0006-8C1A-0|hdl-access=free}}

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Further reading

  • Peter F. Drucker; [http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4208.html Harvard Business Review on Decision Making] (2001); {{ISBN|1-57851-557-2}}
  • John S. Hammond; [http://www.pon.harvard.edu/shop/smart-choices-a-practical-guide-to-making-better-decisions/ Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions] (2002); {{ISBN|0-7679-0886-4}}
  • Edward Russo, Paul J.H. Schoemaker; [https://books.google.com/books?id=5IhFAAAAYAAJ Decision Traps] (1990) {{ISBN|0-385-24835-0}}
  • Paul J.H. Schoemaker; [https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Decisions-Getting-Right-First/dp/0385502257 Winning Decisions: Getting It Right the First Time] (2001); {{ISBN|0-7499-2285-0}}

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