Synopses & Reviews
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PART I: INTRODUCTION Research Question and Empirical Puzzle PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Policy-generated Institutionalization The Analytical Framework: Design of the Empirical Study PART III: EMPIRICAL ANALYSES Institutional Capacity Building: Extending Conditional Distributive Instruments The Respect for and Protection of Minorities: Exploiting Legal Grey Areas and Patronage Policies Cross-border Cooperation: Executing Intergovernmental Competences Nuclear Safety: Resisting Unintended Consequences Anti-Corruption: Out-Sourcing Responsibility PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Comparative Summary and Empirical Results Conclusion: Policy-Generated Institutionalization
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How does policy-making trigger the institutionalization of steering capacities? This book investigates this question by tackling why the European Commission expanded competences that were intentionally limited to the specific pre-accession context prior the 2004/07 EU enlargement.