Analyzing the European Union Policy Process
by Versluis, Esther; van Keulen, Mendeltje; Stephenson, PaulFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-11-15
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Summary
The complex patterns of policy making and implementation in the European Union pose particular challenges for policy analysis. This groundbreaking new text equips readers with a thorough understanding of how EU policy is formulated, implemented and evaluated and with the tools and concepts needed to analyze the EU policy process.
Author Biography
Esther Versluis is Assistant Professor in European Studies at the Department of Political Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Mendeltje van Keulen is a parliamentary EU adviser at The Netherlands House of Representatives, The Netherlands. Paul Stephenson is Assistant Professor in European Studies at the Department of Political Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Table of Contents
| List of Boxes, Tables and Figures | p. viii |
| List of Abbreviations | p. xi |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Notes on the Contributors | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Analyzing the EU | p. 1 |
| The philosophy behind the book | p. 2 |
| The framework of the book | p. 4 |
| Theory and Methodology in EU Policy Analysis | p. 9 |
| Doing EU Policy Analysis | p. 11 |
| What is policy? | p. 11 |
| What is policy analysis? | p. 14 |
| The policy process: 'stages' as an approach to analyzing policy | p. 19 |
| Using theory in policy analysis | p. 24 |
| Conclusion | p. 30 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 30 |
| Whom Do We Analyze? | p. 31 |
| Introduction | p. 31 |
| The institutional structure of the EU | p. 31 |
| The institutions | p. 33 |
| The advisory bodies | p. 42 |
| Informal actors - the role of lobbying | p. 46 |
| Different modes of interaction | p. 49 |
| Conclusion | p. 52 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 53 |
| What Do We Analyze? | p. 55 |
| Introduction | p. 55 |
| Categorizing policy | p. 55 |
| Overview of EU policy instruments | p. 57 |
| Overview of EU policy fields | p. 63 |
| Conclusion | p. 77 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 78 |
| How Do We Analyze? | p. 80 |
| Introduction | p. 80 |
| Focus, phenomena and approach | p. 80 |
| Mapping methodologies and research design | p. 84 |
| Mapping theories, tools and models | p. 90 |
| Mapping issues in the EU policy process | p. 95 |
| Key issues for consideration | p. 97 |
| Conclusion | p. 102 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 103 |
| EU Policy Analysis in Practice | p. 105 |
| Agenda Setting | p. 107 |
| Introduction | p. 107 |
| Agenda setting in the EU: who is involved and what do we analyze? | p. 108 |
| Theoretical perspectives | p. 115 |
| Key issues for consideration | p. 122 |
| Conclusion | p. 130 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 130 |
| Policy Shaping | p. 132 |
| Introduction | p. 132 |
| EU policy shaping: who is involved and what do we analyze? | p. 133 |
| Theoretical perspectives | p. 146 |
| Key issues for consideration | p. 149 |
| Conclusion | p. 152 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 152 |
| Decision Making | p. 154 |
| Introduction | p. 154 |
| Decision making in the EU: who and what do we analyze? | p. 155 |
| Theoretical perspectives | p. 170 |
| Key issues for consideration | p. 173 |
| Conclusion | p. 178 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 179 |
| Implementation | p. 180 |
| Introduction | p. 180 |
| Implementation in the EU: who is involved and what do we analyze? | p. 181 |
| Theoretical perspectives | p. 187 |
| Key issues for consideration | p. 195 |
| Conclusion | p. 203 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 203 |
| Evaluation | p. 205 |
| Introduction | p. 205 |
| Evaluation in the EU: who is involved and what do we analyze? | p. 207 |
| Theoretical perspectives | p. 210 |
| Key issues for consideration | p. 219 |
| Conclusion | p. 227 |
| Suggestions for further reading | p. 227 |
| Conclusions | p. 229 |
| The distinctiveness of the EU policy process | p. 230 |
| The constantly changing policy making environment | p. 232 |
| The usefulness of the policy cycle and its stages | p. 235 |
| Doing EU policy analysis: key issues for consideration | p. 239 |
| Bibliography | p. 243 |
| Index | p. 255 |
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