Theoretical Approaches to Policy-Making
In: Public Policy, S. 69-96
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In: Public Policy, S. 69-96
In: Die Europäische Union nach dem Vertrag von Lissabon, S. 114-132
In: Studia politica: Romanian political science review ; revista română de ştiinţă politică, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 29-60
In contrast to many other areas, international and European influences on national higher education policies remained limited for a long time. This picture changed fundamentally in the late 1990s with the establishment of the so-called Bologna Process which has the objective of setting up a common European higher education area. So far, however, we have limited knowledge about the extent to which this development actually led to the convergence of national higher education policies. Are national policies moving towards a common model, or are domestic reforms rather characterized by the specific conditions given at the domestic level? In this article these questions are addressed with regard to Central and Eastern European countries which are characterized by different precommunist and communist patterns of higher education policy.
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 16, Heft 6, S. 873-894
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Governance: an international journal of policy and administration, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 397-430
ISSN: 1468-0491
Contrary to many other areas, international and, in particular, European influences on national policymaking in higher education (HE) have remained limited. This picture, however, changed fundamentally from the late 1990s onward. In 1999, 29 countries signed the Bologna Declaration, denoting the start of the so‐called Bologna Process. Thus, a collective supranational platform was developed to confront problem pressure, which has in turn fostered considerable domestic reforms. However, we still have limited knowledge on whether the Bologna Process has actually led to the convergence of national HE policies toward a common model. This article analyzes these questions by focusing on Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Because of its tumultuous and inconsistent path of development and the sheer magnitude of the current reform processes, CEE HE stands out as a particularly worthwhile object of analysis for scholars interested in policy convergence as well as policy legacies and path dependencies.
In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 226-252
ISSN: 1862-2860
In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP), Vol. 13, No. 2, Art. 18, 2009
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In: Journal of comparative policy analysis: research and practice, Band 10, Heft 4, S. 403-425
ISSN: 1572-5448
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 15, Heft 5, S. 669-690
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Journal of European Public Policy
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In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS : German political science quarterly, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 434-460
ISSN: 1862-2860
In: Transfer, Diffusion und Konvergenz von Politiken, S. 85-106
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 531-552
ISSN: 1741-2757
The Central and East European (CEE) countries that had applied for membership in the European Union were confronted with far-reaching requirements in order to bring domestic policies in line with EU standards. Notwithstanding these rather uniform pressures emerging from conditionality, there is considerable variety in alignment performance across the candidate countries and over time. To account for this, we use time series cross-sectional data on the implementation performance of 13 EU candidate countries between 1999 and 2003. Our results indicate that the bureaucratic strength and effectiveness of a country positively influence its ability to adjust domestic arrangements to EU requirements. By contrast, we find no support for veto-player theories of political constraints on legislative change. We hence conclude that the implementation of the acquis communautaire in candidate countries prior to accession has been a question of bureaucratic problems rather than of political veto-manoeuvres.
International audience ; The Central and East European (CEE) countries that had applied for membership in the European Union were confronted with far-reaching requirements in order to bring domestic policies in line with EU standards. Notwithstanding these rather uniform pressures emerging from conditionality, there is considerable variety in alignment performance across the candidate countries and over time. To account for this, we use time series cross-sectional data on the implementation performance of 13 EU candidate countries between 1999 and 2003. Our results indicate that the bureaucratic strength and effectiveness of a country positively influence its ability to adjust domestic arrangements to EU requirements. By contrast, we find no support for veto-player theories of political constraints on legislative change. We hence conclude that the implementation of the in candidate countries prior to accession has been a question of bureaucratic problems rather than of political veto-manoeuvres.
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