Toward a better understanding of implementation performance in the EU multilevel system

Thomann, Eva; Sager, Fritz (2017). Toward a better understanding of implementation performance in the EU multilevel system. Journal of European Public Policy, 24(9), pp. 1385-1407. Routledge 10.1080/13501763.2017.1314542

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The results of this collection allow for preliminary conclusions about the
nuanced interplay between Europeanization and domestication forces in
European Union (EU) implementation, which await testing in different
contexts. Some policies lend themselves more to a strategy allowing for
extensive domestication than others; but to be effective, decentralized
implementing actors need both power and capabilities. Europeanization
dynamics strongly influence the direction of domestication of EU policy, but if
EU requirements are incompatible with national political preferences
domestication trumps Europeanization. Domestication equally prevails if the
relationship between EU and national policy is ambiguous and frontline
implementers have high discretion. The trend toward the Europeanization of
direct EU enforcement challenges its legitimacy. This has implications for EU
researchers and practitioners, and suggests methodological challenges and
future research trajectories for a performance perspective on EU
implementation. More comparative research is needed about the trade-offs
between conformance, diversity, and performance in EU multilevel governance.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

11 Centers of Competence > KPM Center for Public Management

UniBE Contributor:

Thomann, Eva, Sager, Fritz

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 350 Public administration & military science

ISSN:

1350-1763, 1466-4429

Publisher:

Routledge

Language:

English

Submitter:

Deborah Anna Fritzsche

Date Deposited:

03 Apr 2018 14:51

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1080/13501763.2017.1314542

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.113802

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/113802

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