Thatcher, Mark and Coen, David (2008) Reshaping European regulatory space: an evolutionary analysis. Western European Politics, 31 (4). pp. 806-836. ISSN 0140-2382
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The article examines European institutions for implementing EU regulation. It assesses their development using seven different models that have been introduced or discussed for organising implementation. It argues that the development of European regulatory space has followed an evolutionary pattern involving gradual reshaping through a series of steps, with previous stages influencing later stages and institutions being built on existing structures. Despite pressures and frequent discussions of comprehensive change, existing organisations have managed to limit and shape reforms. The result has been institutional ‘layering’ and ‘conversion’ instead of streamlining, and a gradual strengthening of networks of national independent regulatory agencies. The analysis therefore suggests that evolutionary analysis based on historical institutionalist approaches seems highly appropriate to the EU. Equally, it shows how even if there are strong demand-side pressures for centralisation of regulation, existing institutional arrangements and organisations limit and shape the supply of new institutions, so that debates about radical change coexist with a fragmented, cluttered and complex European regulatory space.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t71... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Routledge |
| Divisions: | Government Public Policy Group Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2008 14:24 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2024 04:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/21586 |
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