{"product_id":"policy-transfer-in-european-union-governance-hardback","title":"Policy Transfer in European Union Governance - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new book presents a clear conceptual framework for understanding the transfer of policy ideas between EU states, together with an empirical study of regulatory change within European utilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicy transfer is a new instrument for understanding EU policy-making. This volume shows how the nature of institutions, interdependence between trans-national and national jurisdictions and social systems, relate policy actors across geographical boundaries, identifying four basic types of EU policy transfer and learning:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘uploading’– how member states compete to shape the EU agenda in line with their own institutional arrangements and policy preferences \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘downloading’– how states adapt to changing EU incentives and constraints \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘socialization’ – how EU policy norms are internalized in the belief systems of domestic actors \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘information exchange’ between national actors in the course of EU interactions leading to a horizontal diffusion of policy ideas. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors use an institutionalist perspective to show how these forms of policy transfer operate across the diverse systems of governance found across the EU. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicy Transfer in European Union Governance\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to students and scholars of European Union politics and policy, comparative public policy and political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45564967813358,"sku":"9780415374880","price":252.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415374880.jpg?v=1720673897","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/policy-transfer-in-european-union-governance-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}