European Union Public Policy
Professor John Wilton
Lecture 6b
The ‘Europeanisation’ of public policy

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Tugdar, E.E. (2013) ‘Europeanization of Minority Protection Policies in Latvia: E.U. Conditionality
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(including Bibliography for good sources on ‘Europeanisation’)

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
1.Structure and purpose of the course.
2.The ‘Europeanisation’ of Public Policy

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
1.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

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
Structure      v      Agency
(role of institutions) (role of individuals)
Harmonisation/convergence  v  mutual recognition
‘Spillover’

E.U. Public Policy
Lecture 6b
 ‘Europeanisation’ of social policy
- E.U. ‘single social policy areas’?
- E.U. policies affect:
- policy style (formulation and implementation);
- general problem solving approach;
- policy instruments employed;
- policy standards set (based on E.U values and principles)

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
-Europeanisation of :
- pressure groups
- interest groups
- epistemic communities
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European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
4 processes of ‘Europeanisation’ of policy:
a)‘bottom-up’ (national state – E.U.)
b)‘top-down’ (E.U. – national state)
c)‘horizontal’ (State – State)
d)‘round-about’ (national state – E.U. – national state)

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
‘Europeanisation’ based on underlying E.U. principles and ‘core values’:
- social progress;
- the aim of high levels of employment;
- social protection;
- the aim of raising living standards and quality of life;
- promotion of social cohesion and social justice

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 6b
‘Europeanisation’
= overarching E.U. core values and principles, within which individual    policies are shaped, and
diversity and    ‘mutual recognition’ acknowledged,    particularly in implementation to     meet
policy aims