Research Methods in European Union Studies

Lynggaard, Kennet; Manners, Ian; Löfgren, Karl

doi:10.1057/9781137316967

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“…In the context of this dissertation, case studies enabled me to capture the complexity of decision-making processes and the range of factors that influence it. Moreover, the small number of networks and agencies that are available for study (see below) and the overwhelming number of factors that play a potential role in each case makes that the capacity of conventional statistical analysis to adjudicate among rival explanations is limited ( Collier, 1993;Lynggaard et al, 2015). A quantitative analysis would moreover artificially reduce the large number of factors that impact legislative decision-making in real-life.…”

Section: Eu Policy Enforcementmentioning

confidence: 99%

EU policy enforcement through EU agencies and networks of national authorities

van Kreij

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This PhD thesis is about the involvement of EU agencies and EU networks of national authorities in the enforcement of EU policy. For several decades the EU's member states were the primary enforcers of EU regulation vis-à-vis citizens and companies. Increasingly, however, EU policies are also being enforced by EU agencies and EU networks of national authorities. This thesis revolves around the question: why do EU legislators establish these EU agencies and EU networks of national authorities for the enforcement of EU policies, and why do they differentiate between them? This question is answered through case studies of enforcement in four policy areas: the regulation of civil aviation airworthiness, civil aviation incident investigation, the regulation of medical devices, and the regulation of medicines. This multidisciplinary and comparative thesis relies on insights from both political sciences and legal academic literature, and leads to more insight in the enforcement of EU policy, the politics of the EU, and the EU in its entirety.

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Section: Eu Policy Enforcementmentioning

confidence: 99%