WHEN EUROPEANIZATION FEEDS BACK INTO EU GOVERNANCE: EU LEGISLATION, NATIONAL REGULATORY AGENCIES, AND EU REGULATORY NETWORKS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mathieu, Emmanuelle
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12156
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 25-39
• 关键词: bureaucratic autonomy; DELEGATION; REGIMES

摘要

The existing literature explains the emergence of European regulatory networks through the need for regulatory coordination and the battle for power between policy makers. Bringing together the Europeanization and policy feedback perspectives, this article suggests that European regulatory networks should also be seen as the result of a more complex process of mutual influence between the European and the national levels. An in-depth case study on the telecommunications sector reveals that the implementation of EU policies has contributed to the empowerment of national regulatory agencies, which, in turn, has conditioned the development of European regulatory networks. EU policy has thus indirectly conditioned the rise of European regulatory networks by previously transforming national administrations. Besides expanding our understanding of European regulatory networks, by bridging the Europeanization and policy feedback literatures, this article indicates promising orientations for future theoretical development in both fields.