Modes of external governance: a cross-national and cross-sectoral comparison
Journal
Journal of European Public Policy
ISSN
1350-1763
ISSN-Digital
1466-4429
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2009-09-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Contrary to the vast majority of studies that try to characterize EU external governance by looking at the macro-structures of association relations, our comparative analysis shows that overarching foreign policy initiatives such as the EEA, Swiss-EU bilateralism or the ENP have little impact on the modes in which the EU seeks to expand its policy boundaries in individual sectors. In contrast, modes of external governance follow sectoral dynamics which are astonishingly stable across countries. These findings highlight the importance of institutional path-dependencies in projecting governance modes from the internal to the external constellation, and question the capacity to steer these functionalist patterns of external governance through rationally planned foreign policy initiatives.
Language
English
Keywords
Composite policy
environment policy
European neighbourhood policy
external governance
foreign policy
justice and home affairs
Norway
research policy
Switzerland
transport policy
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
Refereed
No
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher place
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Volume
16
Number
6
Start page
813
End page
833
Pages
21
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
56802