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"Policy transfer in the European Union: Institutional isomorphism as a source of legitimacy"

Radaelli, Claudio. (1997) "Policy transfer in the European Union: Institutional isomorphism as a source of legitimacy". In: UNSPECIFIED, Seattle, WA. (Unpublished)

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    Abstract

    The paper examines public policy in the European Union (EU) by drawing upon the conceptual framework of policy transfer, which has been recently examined by comparativists, and the concept of isomorphism developed within organisational theory. Three case studies of ‘supra-national’ policy transfer--namely monetary policy, tax policy, and media ownership policy--are discussed and compared for assessing the potential of isomorphism for the analysis of policy diffusion. The author argues that European institutions, which have a serious political limitation in terms of legitimacy, stimulate policy transfer by catalysing isomorphic processes which diffuse throughout the EU national policy solutions to collective problems. By contrast, policy transfer is severely constrained when there are no national cases to be imitated. In this circumstance, however, European institutions, most notably the European Commission, can overcome the problem by ‘inseminating’ solutions into national political systems.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > media
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > tax policy
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > public policy/public administration
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > monetary policy
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > European Commission
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > institutional development/policy > decision making/policy-making
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1997 (5th), May 29-June 1, 1997
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2006
    Page Range: p. 29
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 17:23
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2710

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