Sedelmeier, Ulrich 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6963-4296
(2002)
Sectoral dynamics of EU eastern enlargement: advocacy, access and alliances in a composite policy.
Journal of European Public Policy, 9 (4).
pp. 627-649.
ISSN 1350-1763
Abstract
Theoretical studies of EU enlargement have mainly focused on the macro-level of enlargement, namely under which conditions the EU decides to enlarge. We still lack a conceptual framework to analyse the sectoral dynamics of enlargement that specifies under which conditions the preferences of the candidate countries are accommodated in EU policy. I argue that an accommodation of the candidates' preferences depends crucially on policy advocates in the EU. The influence of these policy advocates is structured by the nature of enlargement as a composite policy, in which sectoral decisions are negotiated between the group of policy-makers with primary responsibility for enlargement as such, and various groups of sectoral policy-makers. The policy advocates' impact on sectoral policies thus depends (1) on their access to decision-making, which is shaped by the structure of the policy process , as well as (2) their ability to build alliances with sectoral policymakers. Crucially, alliance-building depends not only on the strength of sectoral interest groups, but also on the compatibility between the candidates' preferences and the sectoral policy paradigms that shape the preferences of the sectoral policy-makers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13501763.as... |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2008 16:28 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/16417 |
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