The Politics of Means and Ends

Policy Instruments in the European Union

Holger Bähr (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2010
Routledge (Verlag)
9781409410706 (ISBN)

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Comparing policy instruments employed in the European Union's environmental and social policy, this book develops a general theoretical framework to illustrate how policy-makers prefer different types of policy instruments depending on the respective effect they wish to have on member state governments, citizens, consumers, and producers.

Policy instruments are techniques used to implement policy goals. Subject to political conflict, they address the relationship between those who govern and those who are governed. Why do political actors choose certain policy instruments to implement policy goals? Systematically comparing policy instruments employed in the European Union's environmental and social policy, Holger BÃ¤hr develops a general theoretical framework to illustrate how policy-makers prefer different types of policy instruments depending on the respective effect they wish to have on member state governments, citizens, consumers, and producers. He argues that institutions, the politicisation of policy problems and external events constrain political actors and provide them with the opportunity to transfer their preferred policy instruments into policy outputs at the end of decision-making.

Holger BÃ¤hr is a Research Assistant at the University of Konstanz, Germany

Contents: Introduction; Explaining policy instruments; Comparing policy areas; European environmental policy; European social policy; Policy instruments in European environmental policy and European social policy; Conclusion; Annex; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.11.2010
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-13	9781409410706 / 9781409410706
Zustand	Neuware