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Stephan Klingebiel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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transformation of a Policy Area development Policy is in a systemic crisis and faces the challenge of a more complex system environment
Social Science Research Network, 2014Co-Authors: Guido Ashoff, Stephan KlingebielAbstract:Since the 2000s, the international community has increasingly recognised two basic aspects of development cooperation. First, international development cooperation faces a systemic crisis. Because of the way it is organised and implemented, it is part of the problem it wants solve. As a response, there has been an attempt at system reform that, in terms of ambition and recognition, is unprecedented in the history of development cooperation. Second, the environment of development cooperation has changed considerably. This goes for both the development problematique to which development cooperation reacts and the global context in which it operates.
Tomas Maltby - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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european union energy Policy integration a case of european commission Policy entrepreneurship and increasing supranationalism
Energy Policy, 2013Co-Authors: Tomas MaltbyAbstract:Focusing on gas, this article explores the role of the European Commission in the process of European Union energy security Policy development, and the extent to which the Policy Area is becoming increasingly supranational. Situating the article within the literature on agenda-setting and framing, it is argued that a Policy window was opened as a result of: enlargement to include more energy import dependent states, a trend of increasing energy imports and prices, and gas supply disruptions. From the mid-2000s, the Commission contributed to a shift in political norms, successfully framing import dependency as a problem requiring an EU-level solution, based on the institution’s pre-existing preferences for a diversified energy supply and internal energy market. Whilst Member States retain significant sovereignty, the Commission has achieved since 2006 creeping competencies in the internal, and to a lesser extent external, dimensions of EU energy Policy.
Caroline De La Porte - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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is the open method of coordination appropriate for organising activities at european level in sensitive Policy Areas
European Law Journal, 2002Co-Authors: Caroline De La PorteAbstract:This article addresses the question of the relevance of the most recent soft Policy instrument of the EU, the open method of coordination (OMC), for organising actions at European level in politically sensitive Areas. In addition to describing its origins and operational principles, we will compare its application to the Areas of employment and social inclusion. Two hypotheses make up the structure of the text. The first is that the discourses produced in the framework of OMC in the Areas of employment and social inclusion are broad enough to cater to the different welfare models, but that the changes to be made by the Member States to be in line with the European discourses differ considerably, depending on their welfare state family and their initial situation. The second is that the form of OMC is variable, depending on Policy Area. Our conclusions confirm both of these hypotheses.
Balazs Szentivanyi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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reluctant donors the europeanization of international development policies in the new member states
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2014Co-Authors: Simon Lightfoot, Balazs SzentivanyiAbstract:The European Union (EU) played an instrumental role in re-starting the international development policies in central and eastern European Member States, but questions remain about how far this Policy Area has been Europeanized since accession. Focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, this article investigates why the new donors have been reluctant to adopt the EU's development acquis more fully. The article traces the socialization processes offered by the EU's development Policy rule-making and subsequent national rule implementation. The conclusions reveal three reasons why socialization has been weak: perceptions among the new Member States on the procedural legitimacy of the development acquis; low domestic resonance with the development acquis; and inconsistencies in the activities of norm entrepreneurs. The article contributes to our understanding of development Policy in the EU – particularly how decision-making takes place within the Council and its working groups post-enlargement.
David Benson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the role of Policy networks in the coordination of the european union s economic and environmental interests the case of eu mercury Policy
Journal of European Integration, 2015Co-Authors: Camilla Adelle, Andrew Jordan, David BensonAbstract:Policy networks can help to coordinate different objectives. The vast literature on network governance often implies that the mere existence of networks will automatically lead to improved coordination. However, much empirical analysis so far has focused on networks within particular Policy sectors, which may actually inhibit horizontal coordination across Policy sectors. This focus has led to ambiguities regarding the use of networks in practice — which this article seeks to help address. By analysing the role of networks in the coordination of the EU’s economic and environmental objectives in the development of its mercury Policy, the article demonstrates that Policy networks need to span several Policy sectors if they are to help reconcile competing Policy objectives. Furthermore, certain characteristics of the Policy Area which contributed to the formation of an inter-sector network in this case are discussed.
