The political drivers of information exchange: Explaining interactions in the European Migration Network
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The political drivers of information exchange : Explaining interactions in the European Migration Network. / Mastenbroek, Ellen; Schrama, Reini; Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg.
In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 29, No. 10, 2022, p. 1656-1676.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The political drivers of information exchange
T2 - Explaining interactions in the European Migration Network
AU - Mastenbroek, Ellen
AU - Schrama, Reini
AU - Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - European administrative networks (EANs) are groups of national administrative organizations which are established to improve national-level implementation of European Union (EU) law. This paper addresses a key question concerning these networks: what drives interactions within them? To this end, the paper adds a dynamic political perspective to institutional hypotheses. It tests the resulting hypotheses using a most likely case, interactions in the European Migration Network (EMN) in the wake of the 2015–16 refugee crisis. Using social network analysis, it shows that two domestic political incentives are associated with interactions: the problem pressure experienced by member states following the 2015–16 refugee crisis and post-2015 declines in popular support for immigration. Our analysis also reveals that interactions occurred among member states with similarly high levels of government effectiveness. In sum, we show that EANs can provide significant added value for their members in politicized policy areas, although their utility may vary between network members.
AB - European administrative networks (EANs) are groups of national administrative organizations which are established to improve national-level implementation of European Union (EU) law. This paper addresses a key question concerning these networks: what drives interactions within them? To this end, the paper adds a dynamic political perspective to institutional hypotheses. It tests the resulting hypotheses using a most likely case, interactions in the European Migration Network (EMN) in the wake of the 2015–16 refugee crisis. Using social network analysis, it shows that two domestic political incentives are associated with interactions: the problem pressure experienced by member states following the 2015–16 refugee crisis and post-2015 declines in popular support for immigration. Our analysis also reveals that interactions occurred among member states with similarly high levels of government effectiveness. In sum, we show that EANs can provide significant added value for their members in politicized policy areas, although their utility may vary between network members.
KW - European administrative networks
KW - European Migration Network
KW - European Union
KW - migration
KW - social network analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130308226&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13501763.2022.2071455
DO - 10.1080/13501763.2022.2071455
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85130308226
VL - 29
SP - 1656
EP - 1676
JO - Journal of European Public Policy
JF - Journal of European Public Policy
SN - 1350-1763
IS - 10
ER -
ID: 314911448