41 research outputs found
Policy Entrepreneurship and Multilevel Governance: A Comparative Study of European Cross-Border Regions
This article was publsihed in the journal, Environment and Planning C [© Pion]. The definitive version is available at: http://www.envplan.com/C.htmlThis article addresses the recent proliferation of Cross-Border Regions, or Euroregions,
in Europe. It argues that EU multi-level governance patterns generate opportunities for
entrepreneurial policy organisations to attract policy tasks and resources. This is
conceptualised as policy entrepreneurship and applied to a comparative case study
analysis of three Euroregions: EUREGIO (Germany â Netherlands), Viadrina (Poland â
Germany) and Tyrol (Austria â Italy). The analysis focuses on the ability of these
initiatives to establish themselves as autonomous organisations. It finds considerable
variation across the cases in this respect. Following on from this, the paper shows how
different administrative and institutional environments in different EU member states
affect the ability of Euroregions to engage in policy entrepreneurship. It concludes that
is it premature to perceive Euroregions as new types of regional territorial entities;
rather, they are part of the policy innovation scenario enabled by EU multi-level
governance
Die EuropÀisierung der öffentlichen Aufgaben
Die zunehmende EuropĂ€isierung der öffentlichen Aufgaben ist einer der wichtigsten Trends im Wandel der StaatstĂ€tigkeit in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in anderen Mitgliedstaaten der EuropĂ€ischen Union. In diesem Essay werden die Stufen der EuropĂ€isierung der StaatstĂ€tigkeit nachgezeichnet, in WeiterfĂŒhrung von Lindberg/Scheingold (1970) und Schmitter (1996) quantifiziert und hinsichtlich ihrer Kosten und ihres Nutzen erörtert.
Inhalt:
Stufen der EuropÀisierung der öffentlichen Aufgaben Der EuropÀisierungsgrad der öffentlichen Aufgaben von 1950 bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts Vom Nutzen und von den Kosten der EuropÀisierung der öffentlichen Angelegenheiten Verzeichnis der zitierten Literatu
Political Leadership in the European Union: An Introduction
In light of recent crises in the European Union (EU) there is a need for more systematic analysis of political leadership in the EU, which is what we seek to do in this collection. This introduction offers a theoretical and conceptual background for the volume. Drawing on Burns, Blondel, Elgie, Young, and others, this contribution identifies how political leadership can be analysed in various institutions and institutional settings of the EU. The questions we ask are: what kind of leadership is there in different domains; how and with what tools does political leadership occur and operate in various case studies and how effective have those been? Although difficult to synthesise the results into one overarching leadership concept, or indeed locus, we argue that the individual studies demonstrate that the EU is by no means leaderless.FSW â Publicaties zonder aanstelling Universiteit Leide
Balancing experimentalist and hierarchical governance in European Union electricity and telecommunications regulation: A matter of degrees
While the widespread diffusion of experimentalism across sectors and polities is well documented, less is known about the extent of the shift to this nonâhierarchical form of governance, which continues to coexist with traditional hierarchical governance and involves more inclusive rulemaking and revision based on review of alternative implementation experiences. By comparing and processâtracing electricity and telecommunications regulation in the European Union, we find diversity in experimentalism over time and across two sectors often considered similar. We explain varying degrees of experimentalism with strategic uncertainty and the constellation of preferences, which we label âde facto polyarchy.â Thus, we confirm the emphasis on uncertainty documented in the experimentalist literature, while addressing a conventional critique by also highlighting the relevance of âpolitics.â Moreover, while corroborating the common spread of experimentalism, we suggest that an analytical framework based on ideal types offers the best route forward to develop comparative analysis of experimentalism and nonâhierarchical forms of governance more broadly