European Union Public Policy

                                       Professor John Wilton

                                             Lecture 14
                               The ‘Europeanisation’ of public policy

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•           Structure and purpose of the     course.

•           The ‘Europeanisation’ of   Public Policy



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•             Structure and purpose of the Course

      a) Agenda-setting: fragmentation;

      b) Policy formulation: multiple policy-making   ‘venues’;

      c) Policy decision-making: role and purpose of  E.U. institutions;

      d) Policy implementation: complex and multi-   faceted

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                   Structure         v        Agency

          (role of institutions)     (role of individuals)



Harmonisation/convergence  v  mutual recognition



                                      ‘Spillover’

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2. ‘Europeanisation’ of public policy

          - E.U. ‘single public policy areas’?

          - E.U. policies affect:

                   - policy style;

                   - general problem solving approach;

                   - policy instruments employed;

                   - policy standards set

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-            Europeanisation of :

        - pressure groups

        - interest groups

        - epistemic communities



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4 processes of ‘Europeanisation’ of policy:

•            ‘bottom-up’ (national state – E.U.)

•            ‘top-down’ (E.U. – national state)

•            ‘horizontal’ (State – State)

•            ‘round-about’ (national state – E.U. – national state)

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‘Europeanisation’ based on underlying E.U. principles and ‘core values’:

          - social progress;

          - high levels of employment;

          - social protection;

          - raising living standards and quality of life;

          - promoting social cohesion and social                      justice

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‘Europeanisation’

        = overarching E.U. core values and                   principles, within which individual
          policies are shaped, and diversity and            ‘mutual recognition’ acknowledged,   
   particularly in implementation