The power of ‘weak’ institutions: assessing the EU’s emerging institutional architecture for improving the implementation and enforcement of joint policies
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The power of ‘weak’ institutions : assessing the EU’s emerging institutional architecture for improving the implementation and enforcement of joint policies. / Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg; Mastenbroek, Ellen; Schrama, Reini.
In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 29, No. 10, 2022, p. 1529-1545.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The power of ‘weak’ institutions
T2 - assessing the EU’s emerging institutional architecture for improving the implementation and enforcement of joint policies
AU - Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg
AU - Mastenbroek, Ellen
AU - Schrama, Reini
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - European Union (EU) governance faces a fundamental implementation and enforcement dilemma. On the one hand, calls for effective EU policies are manifold and have increased over time. On the other hand, the competence to implement and directly enforce EU policies remains with the member states. To overcome this dilemma, an emerging institutional architecture is taking form in which European Administrative Networks (EANs) and agencies assist the Commission in improving the implementation and enforcement of shared policies. This special issue provides a state-of-the-art analysis of EANs and related agencies as core components of the structure in making. To set the scene, this introduction presents different accounts of the establishment and development of EANs in relation to agencies. It then presents a functional continuum of EANs, spanning from information-sharing, data exchange to problem-solving networks. Finally, we discuss the challenges and shortcomings of the emerging, yet still diffuse, institutional architecture, including its accountability.
AB - European Union (EU) governance faces a fundamental implementation and enforcement dilemma. On the one hand, calls for effective EU policies are manifold and have increased over time. On the other hand, the competence to implement and directly enforce EU policies remains with the member states. To overcome this dilemma, an emerging institutional architecture is taking form in which European Administrative Networks (EANs) and agencies assist the Commission in improving the implementation and enforcement of shared policies. This special issue provides a state-of-the-art analysis of EANs and related agencies as core components of the structure in making. To set the scene, this introduction presents different accounts of the establishment and development of EANs in relation to agencies. It then presents a functional continuum of EANs, spanning from information-sharing, data exchange to problem-solving networks. Finally, we discuss the challenges and shortcomings of the emerging, yet still diffuse, institutional architecture, including its accountability.
KW - enforcement
KW - European Administrative Networks
KW - European agencies
KW - European union
KW - implementation
U2 - 10.1080/13501763.2022.2125046
DO - 10.1080/13501763.2022.2125046
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85139759213
VL - 29
SP - 1529
EP - 1545
JO - Journal of European Public Policy
JF - Journal of European Public Policy
SN - 1350-1763
IS - 10
ER -
ID: 323973932