‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?

Simpson, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1814-4224 2011, '‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?' , West European Politics, 34 (5) , pp. 1114-1133.

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Abstract

This article makes a contribution to research on soft or ‘new’ governance in EU policy making by examining the recent history of telecommunications policy as a case study, a sector hitherto not widely recognised for displaying this kind of governance. Training its focus on the process leading to the agreement of the latest iteration of the EU’s Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework, the article finds strong evidence that soft governance has been used within hard governance legislative frameworks primarily as a tool of political compromise, in respect of the classic problem of securing a balance of regulatory power distribution between the national and EU level. Soft governance employed in this way casts doubt over its ability to achieve openness, common purpose, innovativeness and regulatory efficacy.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	West European Politics
Publisher:	Routledge
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0140-2382
Depositing User:	Users 29196 not found.
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2011 12:17
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2021 06:17
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/19289

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