Cross-national Policy Convergence
Title | Cross-national Policy Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Christoph Knill |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 207 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317983572 |
A fresh analysis of policy convergences across nations, which identifies their key driving forces. To what extent and in which direction can we empirically observe a convergence of national policies? In which areas and for which patterns of policy is convergence more or less pronounced? This text addresses these central questions with clarity and rigour. With growing economic and institutional interlinkages between nation states, it is often assumed that there is an overall trend towards increasingly similar policies across countries. Comparative research on the domestic impact of globalization and European integration, however, reveals that policy convergence can hardly be considered as a dominant and uniform tendency which can be taken for granted. Although a number of factors have been suggested in order to account for the rather mixed empirical picture, we still have limited knowledge about the causes and conditions of cross-national policy convergence. In particular, the central mechanisms and conditions affecting both degree and level of cross-national policy convergence are yet not well understood. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of the European Union, European politics, and international relations. This is a special issue of the leading Journal of European Public Policy.
Cross-national Policy Convergence: Causes, Concepts and Empirical Findings
Title | Cross-national Policy Convergence: Causes, Concepts and Empirical Findings PDF eBook |
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Pages | 201 |
Release | 2005 |
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Cross-national Policy Convergence
Title | Cross-national Policy Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Christoph Knill |
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Special Issue: Cross-national Policy Convergence
Title | Special Issue: Cross-national Policy Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Christoph Knill |
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Renewable Energy Policy Convergence in the EU
Title | Renewable Energy Policy Convergence in the EU PDF eBook |
Author | David Jacobs |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2016-03-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317066308 |
This book examines the coordination of renewable energy policies in the European Union using an innovative theoretical approach to explain national policy making. David Jacobs asks, why are national support instruments for electricity from renewable energy sources converging, even though the harmonisation of these frameworks at the European level has failed? Which causal mechanisms lead to cross-national policy similarities? And what are the implications for policy coordination in the EU? The author traces the evolution of feed-in tariffs - the most successful and most widely used support mechanism for renewable electricity - in Germany, Spain and France. He reveals increasing cross-national policy similarities in feed-in tariff design - despite the failure of harmonizing instruments at the European level. He explains these increasing policy similarities by applying policy convergence theory. Policy convergence can occur voluntarily, based on transnational communication, regulatory competition and technological innovations and these findings have important implications for European policy steering. The key to this book is the interrelation of an innovative theoretical concept (coordination of policies in the international arena via voluntary cooperation) with a very topical empirical research focus - the promotion of renewable energies in the EU. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of environmental policy, comparative politics and European studies.
Understanding Environmental Policy Convergence
Title | Understanding Environmental Policy Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Helge Jörgens |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2014-01-09 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107037824 |
Over recent decades national environmental policies have converged. This book analyses the international and domestic driving forces behind this process.
Cross-national Policy Convergence
Title | Cross-national Policy Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Christoph Knill |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2013-10-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317983564 |
A fresh analysis of policy convergences across nations, which identifies their key driving forces. To what extent and in which direction can we empirically observe a convergence of national policies? In which areas and for which patterns of policy is convergence more or less pronounced? This text addresses these central questions with clarity and rigour. With growing economic and institutional interlinkages between nation states, it is often assumed that there is an overall trend towards increasingly similar policies across countries. Comparative research on the domestic impact of globalization and European integration, however, reveals that policy convergence can hardly be considered as a dominant and uniform tendency which can be taken for granted. Although a number of factors have been suggested in order to account for the rather mixed empirical picture, we still have limited knowledge about the causes and conditions of cross-national policy convergence. In particular, the central mechanisms and conditions affecting both degree and level of cross-national policy convergence are yet not well understood. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of the European Union, European politics, and international relations. This is a special issue of the leading Journal of European Public Policy.