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An Alternative Route to European Integration: The Community's Railway Policy

Journal
West European Politics
ISSN
0140-2382
ISSN-Digital
1743-9655
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2000
Author(s)
Knill, Christoph
Lehmkuhl, Dirk  
DOI
10.1080/01402380008425352
Abstract
The process of European integration and policy?making is sometimes rather puzzling. On the one hand, it is well documented that with respect to the implementation of European legislation member states tend to do less than they are supposed to do. On the other hand, it is striking that with respect to the implementation of the Council Directive 91/440 on the development of the Community's railways many member states went far beyond the minimum required by the European legislation. We argue that these differing evaluations of implementation success can be traced to different implementation approaches, which may be termed the ‘compliance approach' and the ‘support?building approach'. While the first is directed at prescribing domestic reforms from above', the latter aims at triggering European integration within the existing political context at the national level. Here, successful implementation refers to the extent to which European legislation triggers domestic changes by stimulating and strengthening support for European reform ideas at the national level. In this respect, European legislation can influence the domestic arenas in basically three ways: by providing legitimisation for political leadership, concepts for the solution of national problems, and strategic constraints for domestic actors opposing domestic reforms.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher place
Abingdon
Volume
23
Number
1
Start page
65
End page
88
Pages
24
URL
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/74771
Subject(s)

political science

Division(s)

SEPS - School of Econ...

University of St.Gall...

Eprints ID
47280
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