Neglected Faces of Europeanization: The Differential Impact of the EU on the Dismantling and Expansion of Domestic Policies
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چکیده
The objective of this article is to clarify the extent and the conditions under which the European Dnion (ED) induces changes in the policy arrangements of its member states. For an accurate measurement of our dependent variable, we distinguish between ED-induced policy expansion and ED-induced policy dismantling. We argue that the extent to which European requirements lead to an expansion or dismantling of national policy arrangements is crucially affected by the respective governance logic underlying the regulatory activities at the European level, that is: (1) compliance with ED rules; (2) competition between national administrative systems to achieve ED requirements; and (3) communication between regulatory agents across national levels arranged in an ED legal or institutional framework. To illustrate our theoretical argument, we develop hypotheses on the likelihood and direction of national policy change under these three modes of governance, in addition, providing empirical examples from different policy areas.
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