Bart Kerremans
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1616780 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bart Kerremans |
| NOMBRES | Bart |
| APELLIDO | Kerremans |
| FIRMA | KERREMANS B |
| AFILIACIONES | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8997-4885 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 24 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 383 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Divergence Across the Atlantic? US Skepticism Meets the EU and the WTO’s Appellate Body
In 2019, the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement System (WTO-DSS) lost its quorum. Instead of the required minimum number of three members, the AB’s membership fell to one member only as the US under Donald Trump blocked the appointment of new members upon the expiry of the terms of two incumbent ones. The AB’s paralysis produced a high level of shock in the EU. In this article, we take a closer look at the US…
Principals and transceivers
The EU conducts its external trade policy under close scrutiny by member-states. Yet, what about the role of regional authorities in federal states? To answer, we look at the principal-agent chain of delegation and explore to which extent regions with stakes and competencies in the matter exert control over EU policies. We distinguish three ideal-type roles regions can perform: principals in their own right, members of collective principals, and …
Searching for influence
status: Published
Climate voting in the US Congress
In the United States, few constituents know and understand climate policy, prioritize it as a political topic, or let their voting decisions depend on it. In these conditions, representatives would not be expected to pay heed to constituents’ climate concern in their voting decisions. Still, even after controlling for the presence of interest groups, campaign finance, and legislators’ party affiliation and ideology, there is a consistent link bet…
Overcoming Statistics Anxiety
Opposing the increasing importance of quantitative data in society is the observation that many students in the social sciences have a fear of quantitative methods. To ensure math-averse students acquire the necessary quantitative skills, we propose a curriculum-based approach whereby a Learning Trajectory of Quantitative Methods (LTQM) is integrated in the non-methodological courses of the programme. A structured integration of such methods can …
The socialization potential of the CDM in EU–China climate relations
Too Afraid to Learn
Quantitative skills are important for studying and understanding social reality. Political science students, however, experience difficulties in acquiring and retaining such skills. Fear of statistics has often been listed among the major causes for this problem. This study aims at understanding the underlying factors for this anxiety and proposes a potential remedy. More specifically, we advocate the integration of quantitative material into non…
Towards Engaged Pluralism in the Study of European Trade Politics
Going back to the Kuhnian debate about the assumed incommensurability of different paradigms, we point at the need for engaged pluralism in political science. We illustrate this by giving illustrations from the different paradigmatic perspectives included in the special issue and how they could speak to each other. While this analysis clearly shows the limits and difficulties encountered during such an endeavor, we hope to have laid the basis for…
Theorizing European Union Trade Politics
This special issue aims to take the first step towards an inter-paradigmatic debate in the study of European Union trade politics. In this introduction we highlight the importance of trade as an EU policy domain that is currently undergoing radical changes. We also give a brief overview of the literature on EU trade politics, pointing to the fragmentation of different theoretical approaches. Furthermore, we suggest that more dialogue between diff…
Domestic Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Multilevel Venue Shopping in Four EU Member States
This article describes and explains the variable extent to which domestic interest organizations seek access to the multiple venues provided by the European system of governance. A multivariate analysis of data collected in four member states—France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany—reveals substantial variance in multilevel venue shopping, differences that disconfirm some descriptive accounts reported in the Europeanization literature. Surp…
How Agents Weaken their Principals’ Incentives to Control
This article examines why and how agents weaken the incentives to control of their principals when the EU negotiates international agreements. Based on analyses of various EU decision‐making processes on international trade and environmental agreements, this article argues that the EU negotiator‐as‐agent has a number of tools to affect the cost–benefit analysis on the basis of which the member states‐as‐principals decide on the activation of thei…
Opportunity Structures in the EU Multi-Level System
A wide range of approaches on EU interest representation rely on an (explicit or implicit) notion of political opportunity structure. Through a systematic review of four literatures (social movements and political contention, resource exchange in EU interest representation, venue shopping, and the political construction of scale), we show that these approaches exhibit close affinities in the way they use and conceptualise a notion of political op…
The press coverage of trade issues
During the last decade trade has become a fertile laboratory for studying interest group politics and agenda-setting. This paper illustrates the mechanisms through which trade issues become prominent on the media agenda. Our analysis resorts to two datasets. First, we use comparative data (covering Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands) on press coverage regarding issues that have been dealt with in the World Trade Organization (WTO), and…
Critical resource dependencies and the Europeanization of domestic interest groups
Although EU institutions and policies create additional opportunities for national interest groups to influence policy-making, not all domestic groups make use of the extended niche provided by the EU. Lagging Europeanization has often been explained by resource-based accounts; for instance, the group's staff resources or financial strength determines the ability to Europeanize. This article explores an alternative explanation and analyses the im…
The European Union's Roles in International Politics
status: Published
Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Societal Interests
Often it is argued that the EU depoliticizes political issues as bureaucrats and nonmajoritarian institutions are key in the policy-making process. However, recent research rejects this perspective and shows that domestic political cleavages organize the European political space. This article demonstrates that (a) political cleavages affect the organization of policy networks among Euro-level bureaucrats, politicians, and societal interests; and …
The Belgian Presidencies of 2001
Political Parties and Interest Groups
This benchmark study of the political party–interest group relationship—crucial in shaping the characteristics of democratic political systems—provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between special interests and political parties across thirteen democracies: Argentina, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
Determining a European policy in a multi‐level setting
The EU membership of federal states poses particular problems in terms of the internal determination of the positions that the member states concerned will defend in the EU. This is particularly the case for Belgium where on many issues a consensus among the federal government and its subnational counterparts is required before Belgium can take a position in the EU Council. As a consequence, Belgium needed to create coordination systems that para…
The Political and Institutional Consequences of Widening
The State of the European Union, Vol. 4
The struggle between those who seek a more integrated, and even a federal, Europe and those proposing a looser confederation was once again highlighted at the 1996-1997 Intergovernmental Conference, and reflected in the IGC’s decisions. This fourth volume in the European Community Studies Association's biennial series examines the divisions within the EU in the key areas of the common foreign and security policy, European monetary union, enlargem…
Eastward Enlargement and the Dilution of the European Union
Enlarging the European Union is not just an economic question but a political one that the current member states may have difficulty addressing. A "multi-speed" Europe has become unavoidable
The Belgian sub‐national entities in the European union
Do Institutions Make a Difference? Non‐Institutionalism, Neo‐Institutionalism, and the Logic of Common Decision‐Making in the European Union
Critical resource dependencies and the Europeanization of domestic interest groups
Although EU institutions and policies create additional opportunities for national interest groups to influence policy-making, not all domestic groups make use of the extended niche provided by the EU. Lagging Europeanization has often been explained by resource-based accounts; for instance, the group's staff resources or financial strength determines the ability to Europeanize. This article explores an alternative explanation and analyses the im…
Domestic Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Multilevel Venue Shopping in Four EU Member States
This article describes and explains the variable extent to which domestic interest organizations seek access to the multiple venues provided by the European system of governance. A multivariate analysis of data collected in four member states—France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany—reveals substantial variance in multilevel venue shopping, differences that disconfirm some descriptive accounts reported in the Europeanization literature. Surp…
Opportunity Structures in the EU Multi-Level System
A wide range of approaches on EU interest representation rely on an (explicit or implicit) notion of political opportunity structure. Through a systematic review of four literatures (social movements and political contention, resource exchange in EU interest representation, venue shopping, and the political construction of scale), we show that these approaches exhibit close affinities in the way they use and conceptualise a notion of political op…
Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Societal Interests
Often it is argued that the EU depoliticizes political issues as bureaucrats and nonmajoritarian institutions are key in the policy-making process. However, recent research rejects this perspective and shows that domestic political cleavages organize the European political space. This article demonstrates that (a) political cleavages affect the organization of policy networks among Euro-level bureaucrats, politicians, and societal interests; and …
Do Institutions Make a Difference? Non‐Institutionalism, Neo‐Institutionalism, and the Logic of Common Decision‐Making in the European Union
How Agents Weaken their Principals’ Incentives to Control
This article examines why and how agents weaken the incentives to control of their principals when the EU negotiates international agreements. Based on analyses of various EU decision‐making processes on international trade and environmental agreements, this article argues that the EU negotiator‐as‐agent has a number of tools to affect the cost–benefit analysis on the basis of which the member states‐as‐principals decide on the activation of thei…
Climate voting in the US Congress
In the United States, few constituents know and understand climate policy, prioritize it as a political topic, or let their voting decisions depend on it. In these conditions, representatives would not be expected to pay heed to constituents’ climate concern in their voting decisions. Still, even after controlling for the presence of interest groups, campaign finance, and legislators’ party affiliation and ideology, there is a consistent link bet…
The Belgian sub‐national entities in the European union
Overcoming Statistics Anxiety
Opposing the increasing importance of quantitative data in society is the observation that many students in the social sciences have a fear of quantitative methods. To ensure math-averse students acquire the necessary quantitative skills, we propose a curriculum-based approach whereby a Learning Trajectory of Quantitative Methods (LTQM) is integrated in the non-methodological courses of the programme. A structured integration of such methods can …
Divergence Across the Atlantic? US Skepticism Meets the EU and the WTO’s Appellate Body
In 2019, the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement System (WTO-DSS) lost its quorum. Instead of the required minimum number of three members, the AB’s membership fell to one member only as the US under Donald Trump blocked the appointment of new members upon the expiry of the terms of two incumbent ones. The AB’s paralysis produced a high level of shock in the EU. In this article, we take a closer look at the US…
Too Afraid to Learn
Quantitative skills are important for studying and understanding social reality. Political science students, however, experience difficulties in acquiring and retaining such skills. Fear of statistics has often been listed among the major causes for this problem. This study aims at understanding the underlying factors for this anxiety and proposes a potential remedy. More specifically, we advocate the integration of quantitative material into non…
Theorizing European Union Trade Politics
This special issue aims to take the first step towards an inter-paradigmatic debate in the study of European Union trade politics. In this introduction we highlight the importance of trade as an EU policy domain that is currently undergoing radical changes. We also give a brief overview of the literature on EU trade politics, pointing to the fragmentation of different theoretical approaches. Furthermore, we suggest that more dialogue between diff…
Determining a European policy in a multi‐level setting
The EU membership of federal states poses particular problems in terms of the internal determination of the positions that the member states concerned will defend in the EU. This is particularly the case for Belgium where on many issues a consensus among the federal government and its subnational counterparts is required before Belgium can take a position in the EU Council. As a consequence, Belgium needed to create coordination systems that para…
Searching for influence
status: Published
The Belgian Presidencies of 2001
The Belgian sub‐national entities in the European union
Do Institutions Make a Difference? Non‐Institutionalism, Neo‐Institutionalism, and the Logic of Common Decision‐Making in the European Union
Eastward Enlargement and the Dilution of the European Union
Enlarging the European Union is not just an economic question but a political one that the current member states may have difficulty addressing. A "multi-speed" Europe has become unavoidable
The Political and Institutional Consequences of Widening
The State of the European Union, Vol. 4
The struggle between those who seek a more integrated, and even a federal, Europe and those proposing a looser confederation was once again highlighted at the 1996-1997 Intergovernmental Conference, and reflected in the IGC’s decisions. This fourth volume in the European Community Studies Association's biennial series examines the divisions within the EU in the key areas of the common foreign and security policy, European monetary union, enlargem…
Determining a European policy in a multi‐level setting
The EU membership of federal states poses particular problems in terms of the internal determination of the positions that the member states concerned will defend in the EU. This is particularly the case for Belgium where on many issues a consensus among the federal government and its subnational counterparts is required before Belgium can take a position in the EU Council. As a consequence, Belgium needed to create coordination systems that para…
Political Parties and Interest Groups
This benchmark study of the political party–interest group relationship—crucial in shaping the characteristics of democratic political systems—provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between special interests and political parties across thirteen democracies: Argentina, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.
The Belgian Presidencies of 2001
Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Societal Interests
Often it is argued that the EU depoliticizes political issues as bureaucrats and nonmajoritarian institutions are key in the policy-making process. However, recent research rejects this perspective and shows that domestic political cleavages organize the European political space. This article demonstrates that (a) political cleavages affect the organization of policy networks among Euro-level bureaucrats, politicians, and societal interests; and …
The European Union's Roles in International Politics
status: Published
The press coverage of trade issues
During the last decade trade has become a fertile laboratory for studying interest group politics and agenda-setting. This paper illustrates the mechanisms through which trade issues become prominent on the media agenda. Our analysis resorts to two datasets. First, we use comparative data (covering Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands) on press coverage regarding issues that have been dealt with in the World Trade Organization (WTO), and…
Critical resource dependencies and the Europeanization of domestic interest groups
Although EU institutions and policies create additional opportunities for national interest groups to influence policy-making, not all domestic groups make use of the extended niche provided by the EU. Lagging Europeanization has often been explained by resource-based accounts; for instance, the group's staff resources or financial strength determines the ability to Europeanize. This article explores an alternative explanation and analyses the im…
Opportunity Structures in the EU Multi-Level System
A wide range of approaches on EU interest representation rely on an (explicit or implicit) notion of political opportunity structure. Through a systematic review of four literatures (social movements and political contention, resource exchange in EU interest representation, venue shopping, and the political construction of scale), we show that these approaches exhibit close affinities in the way they use and conceptualise a notion of political op…
How Agents Weaken their Principals’ Incentives to Control
This article examines why and how agents weaken the incentives to control of their principals when the EU negotiates international agreements. Based on analyses of various EU decision‐making processes on international trade and environmental agreements, this article argues that the EU negotiator‐as‐agent has a number of tools to affect the cost–benefit analysis on the basis of which the member states‐as‐principals decide on the activation of thei…
Domestic Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Multilevel Venue Shopping in Four EU Member States
This article describes and explains the variable extent to which domestic interest organizations seek access to the multiple venues provided by the European system of governance. A multivariate analysis of data collected in four member states—France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany—reveals substantial variance in multilevel venue shopping, differences that disconfirm some descriptive accounts reported in the Europeanization literature. Surp…
Towards Engaged Pluralism in the Study of European Trade Politics
Going back to the Kuhnian debate about the assumed incommensurability of different paradigms, we point at the need for engaged pluralism in political science. We illustrate this by giving illustrations from the different paradigmatic perspectives included in the special issue and how they could speak to each other. While this analysis clearly shows the limits and difficulties encountered during such an endeavor, we hope to have laid the basis for…
Theorizing European Union Trade Politics
This special issue aims to take the first step towards an inter-paradigmatic debate in the study of European Union trade politics. In this introduction we highlight the importance of trade as an EU policy domain that is currently undergoing radical changes. We also give a brief overview of the literature on EU trade politics, pointing to the fragmentation of different theoretical approaches. Furthermore, we suggest that more dialogue between diff…
Overcoming Statistics Anxiety
Opposing the increasing importance of quantitative data in society is the observation that many students in the social sciences have a fear of quantitative methods. To ensure math-averse students acquire the necessary quantitative skills, we propose a curriculum-based approach whereby a Learning Trajectory of Quantitative Methods (LTQM) is integrated in the non-methodological courses of the programme. A structured integration of such methods can …
The socialization potential of the CDM in EU–China climate relations
Too Afraid to Learn
Quantitative skills are important for studying and understanding social reality. Political science students, however, experience difficulties in acquiring and retaining such skills. Fear of statistics has often been listed among the major causes for this problem. This study aims at understanding the underlying factors for this anxiety and proposes a potential remedy. More specifically, we advocate the integration of quantitative material into non…
Climate voting in the US Congress
In the United States, few constituents know and understand climate policy, prioritize it as a political topic, or let their voting decisions depend on it. In these conditions, representatives would not be expected to pay heed to constituents’ climate concern in their voting decisions. Still, even after controlling for the presence of interest groups, campaign finance, and legislators’ party affiliation and ideology, there is a consistent link bet…
Searching for influence
status: Published
Principals and transceivers
The EU conducts its external trade policy under close scrutiny by member-states. Yet, what about the role of regional authorities in federal states? To answer, we look at the principal-agent chain of delegation and explore to which extent regions with stakes and competencies in the matter exert control over EU policies. We distinguish three ideal-type roles regions can perform: principals in their own right, members of collective principals, and …
Divergence Across the Atlantic? US Skepticism Meets the EU and the WTO’s Appellate Body
In 2019, the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement System (WTO-DSS) lost its quorum. Instead of the required minimum number of three members, the AB’s membership fell to one member only as the US under Donald Trump blocked the appointment of new members upon the expiry of the terms of two incumbent ones. The AB’s paralysis produced a high level of shock in the EU. In this article, we take a closer look at the US…
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