European Union Policy-Making
This book furthers the ongoing theoretical development of the multiple streams framework, assessing its applicability to European Union (EU) policy-making processes. It systematically defines and identifies functional equivalents for all of the framework’s core concepts at the EU level and extends the framework in order to explain agenda-setting and decision-making. Furthermore, the book derives a set of explicit hypotheses to empirically assess the extent to which the (modified) framework is able to explain timing, agenda prominence, and policy change (or a lack thereof) for the EU natural gas directives passed in 1998, 2003, and 2009. The analysis documents that the framework is well-suited to explain the EU policy process in general and reveals where additional theoretical refinements are required.
| Autor: | Herweg, Nicole |
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| ISBN: | 9783319841540 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 264 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 13.07.2018 |
| Untertitel: | The Regulatory Shift in Natural Gas Market Policy |
| Schlagworte: | Agenda setting European Politics Multiple streams Policy change Public Policy Regulation european union politics |
Nicole Herweg is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany. Her primary field of interest is comparative public-policy analysis, in particular European Union energy policy. She has published in leading political science journals, including European Journal of Political Research , Policy Studies Journal , and Policy Sciences .