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Inga Ulnicane - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Research and innovation as sources of renewed growth? EU Policy responses to the crisis
    Journal of European Integration, 2016
    Co-Authors: Inga Ulnicane
    Abstract:

    An important element of the EU Policy discourse during times of crisis has been a call to invest more in research and innovation as sources of future growth. To study the effects of crisis in this Policy area, this article draws on an analysis of expert interviews, Policy documents and relevant literature. It argues that the crisis has led to incremental and path-dependent changes in EU Policy instruments and priorities. To respond to the crisis, EU research and innovation Policy has focused on two main issues. Firstly, it has aimed to facilitate structural reforms and to increase the level, quality and efficiency of public and private investments in research and innovation at the national level. Secondly, the EU has increased its own research and innovation funding. These decisions have involved compromises between the EUropean Commission, the EUropean Parliament, the Council and stakeholder organisations.

Leon Braat - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • mainstreaming ecosystem services into EU Policy
    Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2013
    Co-Authors: Joachim Maes, Jennifer Hauck, Maria Luisa Paracchini, Outi Ratamaki, M G Hutchins, Mette Termansen, Eeva Furman, Marta Perezsoba, Leon Braat
    Abstract:

    This paper presents a synthesis of the PRESS initiative (PEER7 Research on Ecosystem Services). In support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, this initiative demonstrated a multi-scale mapping and assessment approach of ecosystem services using three case studies. The water purification case studied the impacts of agricultural and water Policy scenarios on the capacity of ecosystems to purify water. The conclusion was that greening the subsidies to farmers in EUrope would improve water quality and increase the benefits to society as measured via monetary valuation. Yet, scenario based nitrogen reduction levels differed among the different scales (EU and basin scale) suggesting that the assessment of Policy measures is scale-dependent, which, in turn, justifies a multi-scale mapping and assessment approach. The recreation case presented evidence that millions of people visited forests several times per year and they expressed their willingness to pay to continue doing so. The visitor statistics that were used in this study suggested that the Recreation Opportunity Spectrum approach is a useful method to identify areas in terms of their accessibility and potential to provide recreation services. Finally, we demonstrated that the coverage and resolution of current datasets are already sufficient to map the potential of ecosystems to provide pollination services. Further research should contribute to better ecological observations of key pollinator species to include important drivers of pollinator abundance in modelling and mapping approaches.

Hussein Kassim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The New Political Economy of EU State Aid Policy
    Journal of Industry Competition and Trade, 2013
    Co-Authors: Hussein Kassim, Bruce Lyons
    Abstract:

    Despite its importance and singularity, the EU’s state aid Policy has attracted less scholarly attention than other elements of EU competition Policy. Introducing the themes addressed by the special issue, this article briefly reviews the development of EU Policy and highlights why the control of state aid matters. The Commission’s response to the current economic crisis notably in banking and the car industry is a key concern, but the interests of the special issue go far beyond. They include: the role of the EUropean Commission in the development of EU Policy, the politics of state aid, and a clash between models of capitalism. The special issue also examines the impact of EU Policy. It investigates how EU state aid decisions affect not only industrial Policy at the national level (and therefore at the EU level), but the welfare state and territorial relations within federal member states, the external implications of EU action and the strategies pursued by the Commission to limit any potential disadvantage to EUropean firms, and the conflict between the EU’s expanding legal order and national.

  • The New Political Economy of EU State Aid Policy
    Journal of Industry Competition and Trade, 2013
    Co-Authors: Hussein Kassim, Bruce Lyons
    Abstract:

    Despite its importance and singularity, the EU’s state aid Policy has attracted less scholarly attention than other elements of EU competition Policy. Introducing the themes addressed by the special issue, this article briefly reviews the development of EU Policy and highlights why the control of state aid matters. The Commission’s response to the current economic crisis notably in banking and the car industry is a key concern, but the interests of the special issue go far beyond. They include: the role of the EUropean Commission in the development of EU Policy, the politics of state aid, and a clash between models of capitalism. The special issue also examines the impact of EU Policy. It investigates how EU state aid decisions affect not only industrial Policy at the national level (and therefore at the EU level), but the welfare state and territorial relations within federal member states, the external implications of EU action and the strategies pursued by the Commission to limit any potential disadvantage to EUropean firms, and the conflict between the EU’s expanding legal order and national.

  • EU Policy Coordination in the United Kingdom
    2010
    Co-Authors: Hussein Kassim, Nicholas Wright, Mark Dittmer-odell
    Abstract:

    Study commissioned for the Austrian Federal Chancellery, ‘Internal Coordination on EU Policy-Making in Member States: Processes and Structures’, led by Prof. Dr. Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Prof. Dr. Andreas Dur, and Dr. Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Centre of EUropean Union Studies, University of Salzburg.

  • the national co ordination of EU Policy the domestic level
    2000
    Co-Authors: Hussein Kassim, Guy B Peters, Vincent Wright
    Abstract:

    B. Guy Peters: Introduction. Country Studies. 1: Hussein Kassim: The United Kingdom. 2: Hans-Ulrich Derlien: German EU-Policy Co-ordination: Failing Successfully?. 3: Anand Menon: Co-ordination of EU Policy Making in France. 4: Giacinto della Cananea: Co-ordination of EU Policy Making in Italy. 5: Ignacio Molina: Between Fragmentation in Multi-level Policy Networks and Power Concentration in the Central Core Executive: The Co-ordination of Spain's EU Policy Making at the Internal Level. 6: Jose Magone: The Golden Mean of Domestic EUropean Policy Co-ordination: the Case of Portugal. 7: Calliope Spanou: A Truncated Pyramid? Domestic Co-ordination of EU Policy in Greece. 8: Bart Kerremans: Intergovernmentalism and Co-ordination of Belgium's EU Policies. 9: Wolfgang Muller: EU Co-ordination in Austria: Challenges and Responses. 10: Thomas Pedersen: The Co-ordination of EU Policy Making in Denmark. Hussein Kassim: Conclusion

Nikolaos Zahariadis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Ambiguity, multiple streams, and EU Policy
    Journal of European Public Policy, 2013
    Co-Authors: Robert Ackrill, Adrian Kay, Nikolaos Zahariadis
    Abstract:

    The multiple streams framework draws insight from interactions between agency and institutions to explore the impact of context, time and meaning on Policy change and to assess the institutional and issue complexities permeating the EUropean Union (EU) Policy process. The authors specify the assumptions and structure of the framework and review studies that have adapted it to reflect more fully EU decision-making processes. The nature of Policy entreprenEUrship and Policy windows are assessed to identify areas of improvement. Finally, the authors sketch out a research agenda that refines the logic of political manipulation which permeates the lens and the institutional complexity which frames the EU Policy process.

  • ambiguity and choice in EUropean public Policy
    Journal of European Public Policy, 2008
    Co-Authors: Nikolaos Zahariadis
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACT Amending rational institutionalist accounts of EU Policy, I use the multiple streams perspective and examples from several Policy sectors to explore the impact of two elements of Policy choice: Policy windows and the dynamics of coupling. I argue that Policy outputs are neither exclusively rational nor solely a function of institutional design; rather they depend heavily on a complex interaction between problems, solutions, and politics during fleeting open windows of opportunity. Policy windows pose limitations to rational Policy-making by framing the context within which choice is made, while the notion of coupling stresses the impact of entreprenEUrial politics and strategies in EU Policy-making. The analysis illuminates the limitations of rationality in explaining Policy choice, the role of political power in the absence of institutional hierarchies, and the impact of ideas, institutions, and entreprenEUrs in the EU Policy process.

Sandra Kroger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • representation deficits and surpluses in EU Policy making
    Journal of European Integration, 2013
    Co-Authors: Richard Bellamy, Sandra Kroger
    Abstract:

    Representation and democracy are not always complementary. Sometimes the one undermines the other. Too much democracy can create a representation deficit, as occurs when majorities oppress or neglect minorities. However, the opposite can also arise. The over representation of different groups can undermine the processes whereby representatives are authorised by and accountable to those they are supposed to serve. The EU offers multiple channels of representation. In some respects, this multiplicity reflects the diversity of the peoples, individuals and interests represented within the EU. Yet in overcoming a potential representation deficit in EU Policy-making, this arrangement leads to a representation surplus and creates a democratic deficit.

  • The Representation Deficits and Surpluses in EU Policy-Making
    2013
    Co-Authors: Richard Bellamy, Sandra Kroger
    Abstract:

    Representation and democracy are not always complementary. Sometimes the one undermines the other. Too much democracy can create a representation deficit, as occurs when majorities oppress or neglect minorities. However, the opposite can also arise. The over representation of different groups can undermine the processes of authorisation and accountability of representatives to those they are supposed to serve. The EU offers multiple channels of representation. In some respects, this multiplicity reflects the diversity of the peoples, individuals and interests represented within the EU. Yet in overcoming a potential representation deficit in EU Policy making, this arrangement leads to a representation surplus and creates a democratic deficit.

  • nothing but consultation the place of organised civil society in EU Policy making across policies
    European Governance Papers (EUROGOV), 2008
    Co-Authors: Sandra Kroger
    Abstract:

    In recent years, not only governance, but also civil society has been a veritable growth industry both in politics and academia. Depending on the author, organised civil society was associated with expectations of increasing input or output legitimacy. With regard to the EU, participation of civil society organisations are officially seen as a means of bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens, as materialised in the EU-discourse of participatory democracy. On the basis of an extensive literature review, the article examines the place of organised civil society in EU Policy-making processes, in particular in the following Policy fields: social affairs, health, consumer protection, environment, and trade as well as in the Convention process. It does so by evaluating the democratic core norms of participation, representation and accountability and comes to disillusioning conclusions. The inclusion of organised civil society contributes little to the democratic legitimacy of the EU and is instrumental to institutional power games of the EUropean Commission and the EUropean Parliament. Worse, the Commission, through its consultation practices, may be contributing to an aggravation of the democratic deficit. Furthermore, there is little empirical evidence that would confirm the normative expectations of deliberative democracy.