EU actorness, cohesiveness and effectiveness in environmental affairs

Delreux, Tom

doi:10.1080/13501763.2014.912250

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“…On a global scale, the EU's effectiveness in international environmental governance might therefore relate more to its bargaining power and the relative position of the EU vis‐à‐vis other influential actors than to its role as an attractive market and source of aid and assistance (e.g. Delreux ).…”

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“…A large share of this literature concentrates on the theoretical perspective of the EU's external governance by identifying the mechanisms through which the EU may steer the behaviour of third states (e.g. Lavenex and Schimmelfennig ; Lavenex et al ; Schimmelfennig , ; Börzel and Risse ; Schulze and Tosun ; Da Conceição‐Heldt ; Delreux ). While empirical studies have shown that the EU can indeed affect environmental policies in neighbouring countries, our study adds a more nuanced picture.…”

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Rival Regulatory Regimes in International Environmental Politics: The Case of Biosafety

Schulze

Tosun

2015

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The literature on international regulatory regimes has highlighted how rival standards can create different points of convergence. Scholarly attention has also focused on how the European Union (EU) and the United States (USA) attempt to ‘export’ their environmental standards internationally. Here, we explore the effectiveness of these attempts by means of third states' decisions to ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, a multilateral environmental agreement regulating genetically modified organisms that is promoted by the EU but opposed by the USA. Our findings confirm that both rivals are able to influence the ratification decision of states, but they also suggest that these effects may have different origins. Countries relying more heavily on US markets for food exports tend to be less likely to ratify the Cartagena Protocol, while countries that have applied for EU membership are more likely to ratify the protocol.

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Rival Regulatory Regimes in International Environmental Politics: The Case of Biosafety

Schulze

Tosun

2015

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“…These rules, although targeted in the area of trade, have impacted many aspects of government and politics in member nations-not just strictly those relating to trade. As a result, the EU has also focused its attention on extending the rules of trade to the environmental arena (Delreux, 2004) by incentivizing member nations to invest in renewable and clean energy (Jacobsson, Bergek, Finon, Lauber, Mitchell, Toke, & Verbruggen, 2009;Paramati, Apergis, & Ummalla, 2017;Gokgoz, & Guvercin, 2018;Papiesz, Smiech, & Frodyma, 2018;Miguel, Mendes, & Madeira, 2018). Delreux and Ohler (2019) note that:…”

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The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study

Pinho

Hunter

2019

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Due to the infusion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and European Union policies, Portugal is one of the worlds' leaders in producing clean renewable energy. In the process, Portugal has reduced the use of more traditional forms of energy, such as oil and coal. In addition, Portugal has diversified among types of clean energy it is producing, based on the variety found in Portugal's geography. Regions suited for massive solar farms are complementary to regions suited to wind farms, making it most efficient to pursue both strategies simultaneously depending on the locus of energy production. As a result, Portugal is currently "ahead of the curve" as one of the largest producers of clean energy in the European Union. This paper addresses the origins of Portugal's quest for "clean" energy and the diversification of Portugal's plans to ignite the use of clean energy in the economy.

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“…They describe actorness as a useful instrument for measuring an entity's potential influence in international relations, but mainly as helpful heuristic device to study the most relevant elements of the EU's capacity to act Rhinard 2012, 2013; see also Huigens and Niemann 2011;Pieper et al 2011). Actorness is said to accommodate the specific characteristics of the EU without ignoring the international context (Bretherton and Vogler 1999;Delreux 2014;Drieskens 2008;Koops 2011) or having to deal with theoretical debate (Huigens and Niemann 2011), institutional analysis, effectiveness concerns (Dryburgh 2008), indications based on statehood, or rationality (Brattberg and Rhinard 2013). By contrast, it allows for studying these characteristics and their development based on criteria also used to evaluate other actors in international relations (Toje 2008).…”

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“…A first, if not the main, concern is the operationalization of actorness. Issues of measurement and observation top the list of complaints (Brattberg and Rhinard 2012;da Conceição-Heldt and Meunier 2014;Delreux 2014;Drieskens 2008;Dryburgh 2008). Scholars point at overlap and duplication, even contradiction, between the criteria used for operationalization (Gehring et al 2013;Groen and Niemann 2013;Huigens and Niemann 2011;Kissack 2008;Koops 2010).…”

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Golden or gilded jubilee? A research agenda for actorness

Drieskens

2016

Journal of European Public Policy

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This article explores, explains and challenges the state of the art of actorness, one of the most recognizable concepts in the study of the European Union (EU)'s international functioning. Covering 45 years of research (1970-2015), it examines the notion's conceptual history, discusses its main findings, analyses its limitations and opportunities, and formulates suggestions for future work. It argues that the status quo can be seen through two opposing lensesthat of an optimist and that of a pessimistand suggests two research shifts and specific recommendations to realize them in order to flip the notion's upcoming 50th anniversary from gilded to golden.

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EU actorness, cohesiveness and effectiveness in environmental affairs

Cited by 63 publications

References 19 publications

Rival Regulatory Regimes in International Environmental Politics: The Case of Biosafety

Rival Regulatory Regimes in International Environmental Politics: The Case of Biosafety

The Portuguese Energy Sector: Its Multiple Aspects and Challenges - A Country Study

Golden or gilded jubilee? A research agenda for actorness

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