European Union Policy-Making

The Regulatory Shift in Natural Gas Market Policy
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-49399-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4703 g

Reihe: International Series on Public Policy

This book furthers the ongoing theoretical development of the multiple streams framework, assessing its applicability to European Union (EU) policy-making processes. It systematically defines and identifies functional equivalents for all of the framework’s core concepts at the EU level and extends the framework in order to explain agenda-setting and decision-making. Furthermore, the book derives a set of explicit hypotheses to empirically assess the extent to which the (modified) framework is able to explain timing, agenda prominence, and policy change (or a lack thereof) for the EU natural gas directives passed in 1998, 2003, and 2009. The analysis documents that the framework is well-suited to explain the EU policy process in general and reveals where additional theoretical refinements are required.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herweg, Nicole

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical approach to the policy process: the multiple streams framework.- Chapter 3. The European natural gas market and its regulation.- Chapter 4. The first gas directive process.- Chapter 5. The second gas directive process.- Chapter 6. The third gas directive process.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Nicole Herweg is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany. Her primary field of interest is comparative public-policy analysis, in particular European Union energy policy. She has published in leading political science journals, including European Journal of Political Research, Policy Studies Journal, and Policy Sciences.