Type of Publication: | Journal article |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-267182 |
Author: | Knill, Christoph; Lehmkuhl, Dirk |
Year of publication: | 1998 |
Published in: | European Integration online Papers : EIoP ; 2 (1998), 3. - eISSN 1027-5193 |
DOI (citable link): | https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.302722 |
Summary: |
The process of European integration and policy-making is sometimes rather puzzling. On the one hand, it is well documented that with respect to the implementation of European legislation member states tend to do less than they are supposed to do. On the other hand, it is striking that with respect to the implementation of the Council Directive 91/440 on the development of the Community's railways many member states went far beyond the minimum required by the European legislation. We argue that these differing evaluations of implementation success can be traced to different implementation approaches, which may be termed the ‘compliance approach’ and the ‘support-building approach’. While the first is directed at prescribing domestic reforms "from above", the latter aims at triggering European integration within the existing political context at the national level. Here, successful implementation refers to the extent to which European legislation triggers domestic changes by stimulating and strengthening support for European reform ideas at the national level. In this respect, European legislation can influence the domestic arenas in basically three ways: by providing legitimisation for political leadership, concepts for the solution of national problems, and strategic constraints for domestic actors opposing domestic reforms.
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Summary in another language: |
Den Prozess der europäischen Integration zu erklären, ist keine einfache Aufgabe. Dies gilt nicht nur im Hinblick auf die Formulierung von Politiken, sondern auch für deren Implementation. Während die Defizite bei der Implementation europäischer Vorgaben durch die Mitgliedstaaten fast schon Legende sind, überrascht der Befund, dass viele Mitgliedstaaten bei der Umsetzung der Richtlinie 91/440 zur Entwicklung der europäischen Eisenbahnen weit über das von der Richtlinie geforderte Minimum hinausgehen. In diesem Artikel werden die unterschiedlichen Befunde auf unterschiedliche Betrachtungsperspektiven des Implementationsprozesses zurückgeführt, die unter den Etiketten des 'compliance' bzw. des 'support-building' Ansatzes firmieren. Während ersterer auf die Verordnung nationaler Reformen 'von oben' abstellt, betont letzterer das Bemühen, europäische Integration durch die Beeinflussng nationaler politischer Arenen voranzutreiben. Erfolgreich sind derlei Implementationsbestrebungen in dem Maße, in dem es gelingt, auf der nationalen Ebenen Unterstützung für 'europakonforme' Reformen zu bewirken. In dieser Hinsicht können im wesentlichen drei Mechanismen zur Beeinflussung nationaler Entscheidungsarenen unterschieden werden: die Bereitstellung von a) Handlungslegitimität für politische Führung, b) Konzepten für die Lösung nationaler Probleme und c) die strategische Einengung des Handlungsspielraums von Reformgegnern.
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Subject (DDC): | 320 Politics |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
KNILL, Christoph, Dirk LEHMKUHL, 1998. An Alternative Route of Legal Integration : The Community's Railways Policy. In: European Integration online Papers : EIoP. 2(3). eISSN 1027-5193. Available under: doi: 10.2139/ssrn.302722
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