The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy

413 Pages·2017·2.872 MB·English

by  Nikolaos Zahariadis (editor), Laurie Buonanno (editor)

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF
EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY
The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy provides an in-depth and systematic understanding
of EU policies. It covers theoretical approaches on the policy process and the various stages of public
policy formulation and decision making, and discusses key questions of contemporary European
governance. The handbook introduces major concepts, trends, and methodologies in a variety of
comparative settings thereby providing the first systematic effort to include theoretical and substantive
analyses of European public policies in a single volume.
The handbook is divided into four sections:
• Concepts and approaches in EU policymaking;
• Substantive policies of the EU, including economic and social, fiscal and monetary, areas of
freedom, security, and justice, and external policies;
• Elements of the policy cycle;
• Themes ranging from crisis and resistance to controversies in education.
This handbook will be an essential reference for students and scholars of the European Union,
public policy, social policy, and more broadly for European and comparative politics.
Nikolaos Zahariadis is Mertie Buckman Chair and Professor of International Studies at
Rhodes College, USA. He previously served as Director of International Studies at the University
of Alabama at Birmingham and has received numerous research fellowships and teaching awards.
Laurie Buonanno is Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration and
Nonprofit Management program at the State University of New York, Buffalo State, USA. Her
research focuses on comparative public policy, comparative public administration, the European
Union, and transatlantic relations.
This handbook contains everything we need to know about European public policy. From
conceptual approach to concrete policies as well as topical crises. I consider this a must read for
my own European Studies students.
– Esther Versluis, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
This handbook will be essential reading for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of
European public policy, giving readers a strong theoretical basis for interpreting the detailed
policy studies. The book combines academic rigor with a deep understanding of the intricacies
of EU policymaking. Researchers and students alike can benefit from this volume, given its
depth and accessible style.
– Michele Chang, College of Europe, Belgium
The editors set themselves the ambitious task of furnishing readers with the tools needed to
assess the trajectory of European policy making in an anxious environment. By authoritatively
illuminating the structures, substance and challenges of an intricate and dynamic European
policy landscape, they’ve succeeded admirably.
– Mitchell P. Smith, The University of Oklahoma, USA
THE ROUTLEDGE
HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN
PUBLIC POLICY
Edited by Nikolaos Zahariadis and
Laurie Buonanno
First published 2018
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Zahariadis, Nikolaos, 1961– editor. |
Buonanno, Laurie, editor.
Title: The Routledge handbook of European public
policy / edited by Nikolaos
Zahariadis and Laurie Buonanno.
Other titles: Handbook of European public policy
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017026393| ISBN 9781138927339
(hardback) | ISBN 9781315682723 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: European Union. |
Political planning—European Union countries. |
European Union countries—Economic policy. |
European Union countries—Social policy.
Classification: LCC JN30 .R684 2018 | DDC 320.6094—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026393
ISBN: 978-1-138-92733-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-68272-3 (ebk)
Typeset in Bembo
by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK
CONTENTS
List of figures ix
List of tables x
List of boxes xi
Notes on contributors xii
Preface xxi
1 European Union policymaking: issues and debates 1
Laurie Buonanno and Nikolaos Zahariadis
SECTION 1
Concepts and approaches – overview 13
Nikolaos Zahariadis
2 Principal-agent models and EU policy-making 15
Yannis Karagiannis and Mattia Guidi
3 Regulatory governance in the EU 25
Alessandro Cagossi
4 The multiple streams approach 32
Nicole Herweg and Nikolaos Zahariadis
5 Punctuated equilibrium theory 42
Daniela Beyer, Christian Breunig, and Marco Radojevic
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Contents
SECTION 2
Substantive policies – overview 53
Nikolaos Zahariadis
PART I
Economic and social policies 61
6 The single market 63
Laurie Buonanno
7 EU competition rules and the European integration project 75
Angela Wigger and Hubert Buch-Hansen
8 Changing governance of cohesion policy 83
Carolyn M. Dudek
9 Social policy 94
Claire Dupuy and Sophie Jacquot
10 Gender policy 104
Sophie Jacquot
PART II
Fiscal and monetary policies 111
11 Economic and Monetary Union 113
Waltraud Schelkle
12 Banking union 122
Stefaan De Rynck
13 Accountability in the Economic and Monetary Union: the
“globalization trilemma” 132
Nikitas Konstantinidis and Ruben Treurniet
14 The EU budget 142
Gabriele Cipriani
PART III
Area of freedom, security, and justice 155
15 European immigration and asylum policy 157
Alexander Caviedes
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Contents
16 Police and judicial cooperation policy 167
Stephen Rozée, Christian Kaunert, and Sarah Léonard
17 European Union privacy and data protection policy 179
George Christou
PART IV
External policies 191
18 The Common Foreign and Security Policy: the EU as a
global actor 193
Sara Kahn-Nisser
19 Trade policy 203
Holly Jarman
20 Enlargement policy 213
Neill Nugent
21 The European neighborhood policy 228
Mariam Dekanozishvili
PART V
Sectoral policies 243
22 The Common Agricultural Policy: common dynamics of
policy change in an uncommon policy domain 245
Gerry Alons and Pieter Zwaan
23 European energy policy 255
Nicole Herweg
24 EU policy on the environment 265
Jale Tosun
SECTION 3
The policy cycle – overview 275
Laurie Buonanno
25 Lobbying and interest group politics in the European Union 279
Andreas Hofmann
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Contents
26 Agenda setting in the European Union 288
Petya Alexandrova and Marcello Carammia
27 Understanding the EU’s policymaking institutions 299
John McCormick
28 Strategic framing and the European Commission 308
Mark Rhinard
29 Implementation and enforcement of EU policies 323
Gerda Falkner
30 If evaluation is the solution, what is the problem? 331
Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli
SECTION 4
Themes 345
PART I
Crisis and resistance – introduction 347
Sabine Saurugger
31 Resisting in times of crisis: the implementation of European
austerity plans in Ireland and Greece 349
Clément Fontan, Sabine Saurugger, and Nikolaos Zahariadis
32 Resistance in European Union health care policy 357
Scott L. Greer
33 Evasion as a mechanism of resistance (not only) to European law 364
Annette Elisabeth Töller
PART II
Controversies in European higher education – introduction 371
Martina Vukasovic
34 European-level policy dynamics in higher education 373
Martina Vukasovic
35 The infusion of Europe in public policy: the case of higher education 380
Pauline Ravinet
Index 387
viii
FIGURES
5.1 Incrementalism and punctuated policy change 48
13.1 The Eurozone’s globalization trilemma – “pick two, any two” 139
23.1 Energy dependence of the EU-28 in 2014 256
23.2 Energy mix of the EU-28 in 2014 258
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