David Bokhorst
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239157 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Bokhorst |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Bokhorst |
| SIGNATURE | BOKHORST D |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6192-5590 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The recovery and resilience facility as a transition stabiliser: Recovery agendas across government transitions
The European Union's (EU) Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has profoundly transformed EU economic governance, yet we know less about how its performance-based architecture operates when Member State governments change during implementation. This article introduces a temporal perspective by conceptualising the RRF as a ‘transition stabiliser’ anchoring reform and investment trajectories over a six-year horizon, raising the political and fina…
Overcoming the subsidiarity reflex? Sweden, the Netherlands and the making of social Europe
Since the launch of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017, the EU has witnessed a marked revival in social policy-making. Existing research highlights the role of institutional entrepreneurs and advocacy coalitions, but tends to overlook the dynamics within Member States themselves. This paper examines how and why support for EU social policy has evolved among two long-standing sceptics: Sweden and the Netherlands. In the 2000s and early 2…
Cities as social investment frontrunners: The case of Amsterdam as innovator and welfare stopgap
The transition in welfare states from compensatory to service-oriented models also implies a shift of the locus of action from the state to local administrations. Cities in particular seek space within national bounds to devise their own policy solutions targeted to city-specific needs as a more responsive government layer, with the prospect of providing more targeted service provision on the basis of locality and proximity principles. Whether su…
Governing the European Union's recovery and resilience facility: National ownership and performance‐based financing in theory and practice
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) adopted in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic marks an important departure in European Union (EU) governance, as it introduces an innovative “demand‐driven, performance‐based” model aimed at overcoming the limitations of past policies seeking to promote national reforms. In this study, we set out the theoretical assumptions underlying the RRF governance model, and assess its practical effectiveness and le…
Managing constraint: Frugal opposition to European fiscal solidarity
The management of the COVID-19 crisis and, in particular, the Next Generation EU fund have shown that European leaders can find integrationist policy solutions despite increasing politicisation at home where democratic constraints may lead to a feared 'multilevel politics trap'. Therefore, we ask whether and how national governments can manage such constraints and thus spring or avoid the trap. Theoretically, we argue that the agency of governmen…
Governing Europe's Recovery and Resilience Facility: Between Discipline and Discretion
The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) represents a bold integrationist step in European economic governance. Besides the size of the fiscal envelope, the novelty also lies in the new governance. Member states prepare integrated investment and reform plans and need to fulfil milestones and targets to access funding. This article assesses the balance of power in negotiating the plans and the effect on domestic policymaking. Based on five …
The Influence of the European Semester: Case Study Analysis and Lessons for its Post‐Pandemic Transformation
This paper examines whether and how the European Semester has influenced structural reforms in member states. It does so by analysing the interaction between the Commission and the national bureaucratic and political levels. The paper presents two process‐tracing exercises with a focus on those actors that directly worked with the CSRs to assess the political dynamics underpinning the CSR implementation process. First, it examines the more nuance…
Governing Europe's Recovery and Resilience Facility: Between Discipline and Discretion
The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) represents a bold integrationist step in European economic governance. Besides the size of the fiscal envelope, the novelty also lies in the new governance. Member states prepare integrated investment and reform plans and need to fulfil milestones and targets to access funding. This article assesses the balance of power in negotiating the plans and the effect on domestic policymaking. Based on five …
The Influence of the European Semester: Case Study Analysis and Lessons for its Post‐Pandemic Transformation
This paper examines whether and how the European Semester has influenced structural reforms in member states. It does so by analysing the interaction between the Commission and the national bureaucratic and political levels. The paper presents two process‐tracing exercises with a focus on those actors that directly worked with the CSRs to assess the political dynamics underpinning the CSR implementation process. First, it examines the more nuance…
Governing the European Union's recovery and resilience facility: National ownership and performance‐based financing in theory and practice
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) adopted in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic marks an important departure in European Union (EU) governance, as it introduces an innovative “demand‐driven, performance‐based” model aimed at overcoming the limitations of past policies seeking to promote national reforms. In this study, we set out the theoretical assumptions underlying the RRF governance model, and assess its practical effectiveness and le…
Managing constraint: Frugal opposition to European fiscal solidarity
The management of the COVID-19 crisis and, in particular, the Next Generation EU fund have shown that European leaders can find integrationist policy solutions despite increasing politicisation at home where democratic constraints may lead to a feared 'multilevel politics trap'. Therefore, we ask whether and how national governments can manage such constraints and thus spring or avoid the trap. Theoretically, we argue that the agency of governmen…
The Influence of the European Semester: Case Study Analysis and Lessons for its Post‐Pandemic Transformation
This paper examines whether and how the European Semester has influenced structural reforms in member states. It does so by analysing the interaction between the Commission and the national bureaucratic and political levels. The paper presents two process‐tracing exercises with a focus on those actors that directly worked with the CSRs to assess the political dynamics underpinning the CSR implementation process. First, it examines the more nuance…
Governing the European Union's recovery and resilience facility: National ownership and performance‐based financing in theory and practice
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) adopted in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic marks an important departure in European Union (EU) governance, as it introduces an innovative “demand‐driven, performance‐based” model aimed at overcoming the limitations of past policies seeking to promote national reforms. In this study, we set out the theoretical assumptions underlying the RRF governance model, and assess its practical effectiveness and le…
Managing constraint: Frugal opposition to European fiscal solidarity
The management of the COVID-19 crisis and, in particular, the Next Generation EU fund have shown that European leaders can find integrationist policy solutions despite increasing politicisation at home where democratic constraints may lead to a feared 'multilevel politics trap'. Therefore, we ask whether and how national governments can manage such constraints and thus spring or avoid the trap. Theoretically, we argue that the agency of governmen…
Governing Europe's Recovery and Resilience Facility: Between Discipline and Discretion
The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) represents a bold integrationist step in European economic governance. Besides the size of the fiscal envelope, the novelty also lies in the new governance. Member states prepare integrated investment and reform plans and need to fulfil milestones and targets to access funding. This article assesses the balance of power in negotiating the plans and the effect on domestic policymaking. Based on five …
Cities as social investment frontrunners: The case of Amsterdam as innovator and welfare stopgap
The transition in welfare states from compensatory to service-oriented models also implies a shift of the locus of action from the state to local administrations. Cities in particular seek space within national bounds to devise their own policy solutions targeted to city-specific needs as a more responsive government layer, with the prospect of providing more targeted service provision on the basis of locality and proximity principles. Whether su…
The recovery and resilience facility as a transition stabiliser: Recovery agendas across government transitions
The European Union's (EU) Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) has profoundly transformed EU economic governance, yet we know less about how its performance-based architecture operates when Member State governments change during implementation. This article introduces a temporal perspective by conceptualising the RRF as a ‘transition stabiliser’ anchoring reform and investment trajectories over a six-year horizon, raising the political and fina…
Overcoming the subsidiarity reflex? Sweden, the Netherlands and the making of social Europe
Since the launch of the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2017, the EU has witnessed a marked revival in social policy-making. Existing research highlights the role of institutional entrepreneurs and advocacy coalitions, but tends to overlook the dynamics within Member States themselves. This paper examines how and why support for EU social policy has evolved among two long-standing sceptics: Sweden and the Netherlands. In the 2000s and early 2…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · European union (4 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works)