International Bureaucracies as Strategic Actors : How the Better Regulation Reform Strengthens the European Commission

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Internationale Verwaltungen als strategische Akteure : Wie die Reform für bessere Rechtssetzung die Europäische Kommission stärkt
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Politische Vierteljahresschrift ; 60 (2019), 4. - pp. 681-699. - ISSN 0032-3470. - eISSN 1862-2860
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The 2015 Better Regulation Reform is recognized as one of the key changes of Juncker’s European Commission, but its political implications remain understudied. Despite its appearance as a seemingly technical evaluation system, we present the reform as a political instrument that enhances the strategic actorness of the Commission, both internally and vis-à-vis the member states. Drawing on primary documents and 16 expert interviews with senior Commission officials, we demonstrate that the Better Regulation Reform enhances the Commission’s ability to act as a unified actor (internal coherence) and contributes to its ability to justify its actions vis-à-vis the member states (external robustness). The article contributes to the literature on international public administration in general and the EU in particular, as it demonstrates how institutional policies may enhance bureaucratic influence. We reveal how an international public administration can conform to member statesʼ demands for more accountability and transparency yet design the overall evaluation system in a way that contributes to its strategic actorness.
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Obwohl die Reform für bessere Rechtssetzung (Better Regulation Reform) aus dem Jahr 2015 als eine der wichtigsten Errungenschaften der Juncker-Kommission gesehen wird, sind ihre politischen Auswirkungen kaum untersucht. Für viele erscheint die Reform, in deren Zentrum ein neues Evaluationssystem von Rechtssetzungsakten steht, als hoch technokratisch. Im Kern der vorliegenden Analyse steht dagegen der politische Nutzen der Better Regulation Reform für die Kommission, sowohl intern als auch gegenüber den Mitgliedstaaten. Basierend auf Primärdokumenten und 16 Experteninterviews zeigen wir, wie die Better Regulation Reform die Kommission dazu befähigt, intern als einheitlicher Akteur aufzutreten (interne Kohärenz) und Gesetzesvorhaben gegenüber Mitgliedstaaten zu legitimieren (externe Belastbarkeit). Die Studie leistet damit einen Beitrag zum Forschungsstand, zu internationalen Verwaltungen im Allgemeinen und zur EU im Speziellen. Unsere Erkenntnisse legen dar, dass institutionelle Politiken wie Evaluationssysteme den Einfluss von Verwaltungen stärken können, indem sie einerseits Mitgliedstaaten Zugeständnisse für mehr Rechenschaft und Transparenz machen, andererseits aber so ausgestaltet werden, dass sie den strategischen Interessen der Verwaltung dienen.
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International public administration, International organization, Bureaucracy, Influence, Evaluation, Internationale Verwaltungen, Internationale Organisation, Bürokratie
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ISO 690JANKAUSKAS, Vytautas, Steffen ECKHARD, 2019. International Bureaucracies as Strategic Actors : How the Better Regulation Reform Strengthens the European Commission. In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 60(4), pp. 681-699. ISSN 0032-3470. eISSN 1862-2860. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s11615-019-00189-3
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  doi={10.1007/s11615-019-00189-3},
  title={International Bureaucracies as Strategic Actors : How the Better Regulation Reform Strengthens the European Commission},
  number={4},
  volume={60},
  issn={0032-3470},
  journal={Politische Vierteljahresschrift},
  pages={681--699},
  author={Jankauskas, Vytautas and Eckhard, Steffen}
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