Understanding the Europeanisation of Public Policy
| DOI | 10.1177/095207670201700201 |
| Date | 01 April 2002 |
| Author | Oliver James,Jim Buller,Mark Evans |
| Published date | 01 April 2002 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Editorial
Understanding
the
Europeanisation
of
Public
Policy
Jim
Buller,
Mark
Evans
University
of
York
Oliver
James
University
of
Exeter
The
2002
Annual
Conference
of
the
Public
Administration
Committee
(PAC)
brings
together
researchers
from
a
broad
range
of
disciplines
including
public
policy,
public
administration,
public
management,
social
policy,
European
studies
and
international
relations
to
explore
theoretical
and
empirical
questions
about
the
Europeanisation
of
public
policy.
The
conference
is
organised
around
a
consideration
of
the
following
themes:
conceptualising
Europeanisation;
understanding
the
process
of
Europeanisation;
Europeanisation
and
its
impact
on
national,
regional
and
local
governance;
Europeanisation
and
its
impact
on
civil
society;
explaining
the
variability
of
the
impact
of
Europeanisation
across
policy
sectors;
and,
comparative
perspectives
on
Europeanisation.
In
its
broadest
sense,
Europeanisation
refers
to
the
process
of
becoming
like
Europe.
While
the
origins
of
this
trend
are
often
associated
with
the
European
Union
(EU),
Europeanisation
represents
a
wider
set
of
forces
which
are
not
necessarily
synonymous
with,
or
reducible
to,
the
effects
of
this
supranational
organisation.
Work
on
Europeanisation
is
developing
at
a
rapid
rate
with
an
array
of
theoretical
perspectives
and
substantive
areas
of
inquiry.
The
Conference
and
this
special
issue
aim
to
reflect
the
current
high
level
of
interest
in
this
subject.
This
special
issue
aims
to
advance
debate
in
three
main
areas
-
in
theoretical
and
methodological
perspective,
in
comparative
focus
and
case
study
explorations
of
the
impact
of
Europeanisation.
The
first
two
articles
highlight
certain
theoretical
issues
involved
in
building
explanations
of
this
process.
Buller
and
Gamble
assert
the
importance
of
founding
empirical
research
on
clear
conceptual
terminology.
They
suggest
that
researchers
have
been
too
Public
Policy
and
Administration
Volume
17
No.
2
Summer
2002
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