Designed Diffusion? The Impact of an EU Instrument for Public Management Reform in the Western Balkans

Papadimitriou, Antigoni; Gornitzka, Åse; Stensaker, Bjørn

doi:10.1080/07036337.2015.1046857

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“…The development of European judicial indicators contributes consistently to the recognition of the CoE (and particularly of the CEPEJ) and the European Commission as legitimate actors in the field of judicial administration, especially for civil justice, and opens venues for actively intervening on policy change for these organisations, both within and outside EU boundaries, given the right conditions for European institutions to exercise pressure on the national authorities and professionals. This relates to similar conclusions highlighted by the European governance literature on the use of international indicators in the education policy sector (Normand, 2016;Papadimitriou, Gornitzka, & Stensaker, 2015).…”

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Legitimising EU Governance through Performance Assessment Instruments

Cappellina¹

2020

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The article addresses the production of indicators as policy instruments in European public policy. It discusses the relevant literature on sociology of quantification and European public policy and applies this theoretical framework to the case of European judicial administration policy. Presenting the historical and institutional premises to the creation of two projects of judicial performance assessment by the Council of Europe and the European Commission, as well as their methodology, the article argues that the selection of indicators is a litmus test of debates over the strategies and institutional goals of the organisations proposing them. Connecting the previous analysis with the use of these instruments in the policy-making sphere, the article points out that evaluation tools in European policy, rather than serving merely as informative tools, produce empowerment side-effects in the policy arena for the organisations that developed them. In European judicial policy, indicators provide a sufficiently loose framework to solve vertical and horizontal cooperation problems at the international level, determine policy goals through the selection of areas of measurement and evaluation, and provide proof to influence local and national policy-makers over reforms either through lesson-drawing, persuasion or conditionality.

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confidence: 87%

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2020

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“…While much attention has been given to how the spread and uptake of EU policy initiatives can be related to supra-national characteristics such as the use of "soft-law", the open method of coordination, and other instruments (Gornitzka 2005;Bruno et al 2006;Borràs & Jacobsen 2008), more recent contributions have started to look into how policy diffusion perspectives may offer complementary explanations for policy adaptation (Börzel & Risse 2012;Papadimitreou et al 2015). The current study contributes to the latter perspective in that it draws attention to how national and institutional characteristics may filter the uptake of EU policy initiatives.…”

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Institutional attention to European policy agendas: exploring the relevance of instrumental and neo-institutional explanations

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Tertiary Education and Management

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“…In order to provide descriptive statistics, qualitative data were quantitized. This mixed methods analysis (analyze quantitative data qualitative and vice versa) were used in other publications (Papadimitriou, 2011; Papadimitriou et al , 2015). For quantitative data descriptive statistics were supplemented with graphical and tabulated abstracts.…”

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A review of the Toulon-Verona Conference Excellence in Services best papers 2008-2016

Papadimitriou

2018

TQM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and explore the primary characteristics of the best papers, which have been selected by the Toulon-Verona Conference (TVC) Excellence in Services scientific committee for the period 2008-2016. Design/methodology/approach The study includes a review of the best papers (n = 51) selected by the TVC’s scientific committee from 2008 to 2016 and obtained through the TVC’s archives. The primary highlights of each paper include number of authors, authorship profile (i.e. lead author affiliation, gender, and geographic location), co-authors’ geographic locations, classification of the papers, research topics, varieties of research methods used, number of electronic downloads (as of June 2017), number of citations, and subject keywords. Coding sheet developed to ensure standardization, consistency and to ensure the relevant data were collected for the content analysis. Mixed methods analysis (analyze quantitative data qualitative and and vice versa) was used to provide descriptive statistics. Findings In total, 51 best papers have been selected by the TVC scientific committee and reflected 145 authors. Lead authors were from a total of 50 HEIs worldwide and one consultant (private sector). Six papers were self-authored while the 45 were multi-authored. The majority of the papers written by Italian authors (58.8 percent); followed by France, Greece, and Sweden (5.9 percent each); Australia, Portugal, Spain, and UK (4 percent each); Austria, Norway, Slovenia, and Vietnam (1.9 percent each). In total, 37 papers were classified as a research paper, 10 case studies, and 4 theoretical. Practical implications The analysis for the first time define methodological trends for the TVC’s best papers and suggest possible future research topic and methodological approach for research in the management field. Originality/value The findings are unique for the TVC conference, for the TQM’s special issue, which provide practical implications for researchers and conference organizers and contribute to the literature of analyzing published papers.

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Designed Diffusion? The Impact of an EU Instrument for Public Management Reform in the Western Balkans

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Legitimising EU Governance through Performance Assessment Instruments

Legitimising EU Governance through Performance Assessment Instruments

Institutional attention to European policy agendas: exploring the relevance of instrumental and neo-institutional explanations

A review of the Toulon-Verona Conference Excellence in Services best papers 2008-2016

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