Stijn Smisman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4381327 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stijn Smisman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stijn |
| FAMILY NAME | Smisman |
| SIGNATURE | SMISMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6072-7389 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 101 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Brexit and labour governance
The concept of authoritarian innovations encourages a focus on authoritarian change at the meso-level of governance. At the same time, this article argues that such meso-level change can be best understood by taking into account macro-level (authoritarian) developments. In the UK, Brexit has generated a broader macro-level authoritarian innovation, creating cumulative effects at the level of politics, governance and jurisdiction. This macro-level…
Are integrated impact assessments the way forward for mainstreaming in the European Union
This article assesses the utility of impact assessments (IAs) as an effective tool for mainstreaming. Specifically, it analyses whether the European Union's (EU's) system of integrated impact assessments (IIAs) contributes to the realization of six mainstreaming objectives defined in the EU treaties. The article first studies whether the legal framework for the EU's system of IIAs makes it a viable tool for mainstreaming. It then proceeds with an…
More inclusive European governance through impact assessments
In this article, we present an overall picture of the inclusiveness of IA, based on data on over 800 IAs carried out by all DGs of the European Commission from 2003 to 2013. According to official guidelines, IAs can deliver a variety of goals, and we posit that each goal can be linked to a different inclusion strategy. Specifically, we consider that the goal of coordination requires the inclusion of Commission actors, the goal of collecting neutr…
Representativeness
This article analyzes how the concept of ‘representativeness/representativity’ has been used by the European Union institutions to structure interest intermediation. It examines how the concept emerged and has been defined, and identifies its scope of application. ‘Representativeness’ is mostly used to refer to organizational features of the interest groups (organizational representativeness), but is occasionally used in relation to representativ…
From harmonization to co-ordination? EU law in the Lisbon governance architecture
The debate on the nature of law in the Lisbon Strategy has focused on the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC), which has been defined in opposition to the Community Method, suggesting a shift from hard law to soft law. This contribution goes beyond this ‘either–or’ debate by analysing Lisbon as a governance architecture, composed of ideational and organizational components, affecting EU law. Although co-ordination is the central organizational dev…
Commentary
Jeremy Kendall provides a good overview of how the European Union (EU) and the third sector relates to each other through several processes that can fit under a broad definition of ‘Europeanization
The European Union's Fundamental Rights Myth
Although not in the Rome Treaty, the EEC/EU has gradually developed fundamental rights narratives which constitute a political myth. They have a common basis of foundational claims, placing fundamental rights, retrospectively, as inherent to the EU and based on a common European heritage. Like all myths, this narrative contains factual error, but is believed and acted upon by both institutional myth‐makers and civil society actors. Through mythol…
European civil society and citizenship
In the European integration process the two concepts of citizenship and of civil society have been introduced by the EU institutions and policy-makers in order to build support for the new supranational polity. However, the concepts have emerged at different moments in time and have been defined in such a way that they appear nearly exclusionary. Only during the recent constitutional debate has an attempt been made to make “European civil society…
Law's Practical Wisdom. The Theory and Practice of Law Making in New Governance Structures in the European Union by Katerina Sideri
The European Social Dialogue in the Shadow of Hierarchy
The European social dialogue provides for the signing of collective agreements between employers’ associations and trade unions organised at the European level. Effectiveness to a great extent depends on the shadow of hierarchy, which is cast by the threat of legislative action and by ensuring implementation of collective agreements through public intervention. The need for the shadow is illustrated by the initial priority given to statutory agre…
New Modes of Governance and the Participatory Myth
One of the most common arguments about ‘new governance’ is that it is characterised by heterarchy rather than by hierarchy, creating horizontal modes of governance among a multitude of actors – public and private – involving all relevant stakeholders. Often implicitly and sometimes explicitly, this argument is linked with a normative democratic claim that praises the particular participatory features of ‘new governance’ as compared to ‘old govern…
European Civil Society
During recent years, the concept of European civil society has gained increasing popularity. The European Institutions themselves have developed a discourse on civil society and civil dialogue. Institutional interests have shaped this discourse. Reframing the normative context for EU democracy, this discourse suits some institutions better than others. In particular, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Commission have made…
New Modes of Governance and the Participatory Myth
One of the most common arguments about ‘new governance’ is that it is characterised by heterarchy rather than by hierarchy, creating horizontal modes of governance among a multitude of actors – public and private – involving all relevant stakeholders. Often implicitly and sometimes explicitly, this argument is linked with a normative democratic claim that praises the particular participatory features of ‘new governance’ as compared to ‘old govern…
The European Union's Fundamental Rights Myth
Although not in the Rome Treaty, the EEC/EU has gradually developed fundamental rights narratives which constitute a political myth. They have a common basis of foundational claims, placing fundamental rights, retrospectively, as inherent to the EU and based on a common European heritage. Like all myths, this narrative contains factual error, but is believed and acted upon by both institutional myth‐makers and civil society actors. Through mythol…
The European Social Dialogue in the Shadow of Hierarchy
The European social dialogue provides for the signing of collective agreements between employers’ associations and trade unions organised at the European level. Effectiveness to a great extent depends on the shadow of hierarchy, which is cast by the threat of legislative action and by ensuring implementation of collective agreements through public intervention. The need for the shadow is illustrated by the initial priority given to statutory agre…
Representativeness
This article analyzes how the concept of ‘representativeness/representativity’ has been used by the European Union institutions to structure interest intermediation. It examines how the concept emerged and has been defined, and identifies its scope of application. ‘Representativeness’ is mostly used to refer to organizational features of the interest groups (organizational representativeness), but is occasionally used in relation to representativ…
From harmonization to co-ordination? EU law in the Lisbon governance architecture
The debate on the nature of law in the Lisbon Strategy has focused on the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC), which has been defined in opposition to the Community Method, suggesting a shift from hard law to soft law. This contribution goes beyond this ‘either–or’ debate by analysing Lisbon as a governance architecture, composed of ideational and organizational components, affecting EU law. Although co-ordination is the central organizational dev…
Are integrated impact assessments the way forward for mainstreaming in the European Union
This article assesses the utility of impact assessments (IAs) as an effective tool for mainstreaming. Specifically, it analyses whether the European Union's (EU's) system of integrated impact assessments (IIAs) contributes to the realization of six mainstreaming objectives defined in the EU treaties. The article first studies whether the legal framework for the EU's system of IIAs makes it a viable tool for mainstreaming. It then proceeds with an…
More inclusive European governance through impact assessments
In this article, we present an overall picture of the inclusiveness of IA, based on data on over 800 IAs carried out by all DGs of the European Commission from 2003 to 2013. According to official guidelines, IAs can deliver a variety of goals, and we posit that each goal can be linked to a different inclusion strategy. Specifically, we consider that the goal of coordination requires the inclusion of Commission actors, the goal of collecting neutr…
Commentary
Jeremy Kendall provides a good overview of how the European Union (EU) and the third sector relates to each other through several processes that can fit under a broad definition of ‘Europeanization
European civil society and citizenship
In the European integration process the two concepts of citizenship and of civil society have been introduced by the EU institutions and policy-makers in order to build support for the new supranational polity. However, the concepts have emerged at different moments in time and have been defined in such a way that they appear nearly exclusionary. Only during the recent constitutional debate has an attempt been made to make “European civil society…
European Civil Society
During recent years, the concept of European civil society has gained increasing popularity. The European Institutions themselves have developed a discourse on civil society and civil dialogue. Institutional interests have shaped this discourse. Reframing the normative context for EU democracy, this discourse suits some institutions better than others. In particular, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Commission have made…
Law's Practical Wisdom. The Theory and Practice of Law Making in New Governance Structures in the European Union by Katerina Sideri
The European Social Dialogue in the Shadow of Hierarchy
The European social dialogue provides for the signing of collective agreements between employers’ associations and trade unions organised at the European level. Effectiveness to a great extent depends on the shadow of hierarchy, which is cast by the threat of legislative action and by ensuring implementation of collective agreements through public intervention. The need for the shadow is illustrated by the initial priority given to statutory agre…
New Modes of Governance and the Participatory Myth
One of the most common arguments about ‘new governance’ is that it is characterised by heterarchy rather than by hierarchy, creating horizontal modes of governance among a multitude of actors – public and private – involving all relevant stakeholders. Often implicitly and sometimes explicitly, this argument is linked with a normative democratic claim that praises the particular participatory features of ‘new governance’ as compared to ‘old govern…
European civil society and citizenship
In the European integration process the two concepts of citizenship and of civil society have been introduced by the EU institutions and policy-makers in order to build support for the new supranational polity. However, the concepts have emerged at different moments in time and have been defined in such a way that they appear nearly exclusionary. Only during the recent constitutional debate has an attempt been made to make “European civil society…
Commentary
Jeremy Kendall provides a good overview of how the European Union (EU) and the third sector relates to each other through several processes that can fit under a broad definition of ‘Europeanization
The European Union's Fundamental Rights Myth
Although not in the Rome Treaty, the EEC/EU has gradually developed fundamental rights narratives which constitute a political myth. They have a common basis of foundational claims, placing fundamental rights, retrospectively, as inherent to the EU and based on a common European heritage. Like all myths, this narrative contains factual error, but is believed and acted upon by both institutional myth‐makers and civil society actors. Through mythol…
From harmonization to co-ordination? EU law in the Lisbon governance architecture
The debate on the nature of law in the Lisbon Strategy has focused on the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC), which has been defined in opposition to the Community Method, suggesting a shift from hard law to soft law. This contribution goes beyond this ‘either–or’ debate by analysing Lisbon as a governance architecture, composed of ideational and organizational components, affecting EU law. Although co-ordination is the central organizational dev…
Representativeness
This article analyzes how the concept of ‘representativeness/representativity’ has been used by the European Union institutions to structure interest intermediation. It examines how the concept emerged and has been defined, and identifies its scope of application. ‘Representativeness’ is mostly used to refer to organizational features of the interest groups (organizational representativeness), but is occasionally used in relation to representativ…
More inclusive European governance through impact assessments
In this article, we present an overall picture of the inclusiveness of IA, based on data on over 800 IAs carried out by all DGs of the European Commission from 2003 to 2013. According to official guidelines, IAs can deliver a variety of goals, and we posit that each goal can be linked to a different inclusion strategy. Specifically, we consider that the goal of coordination requires the inclusion of Commission actors, the goal of collecting neutr…
Are integrated impact assessments the way forward for mainstreaming in the European Union
This article assesses the utility of impact assessments (IAs) as an effective tool for mainstreaming. Specifically, it analyses whether the European Union's (EU's) system of integrated impact assessments (IIAs) contributes to the realization of six mainstreaming objectives defined in the EU treaties. The article first studies whether the legal framework for the EU's system of IIAs makes it a viable tool for mainstreaming. It then proceeds with an…
Brexit and labour governance
The concept of authoritarian innovations encourages a focus on authoritarian change at the meso-level of governance. At the same time, this article argues that such meso-level change can be best understood by taking into account macro-level (authoritarian) developments. In the UK, Brexit has generated a broader macro-level authoritarian innovation, creating cumulative effects at the level of politics, governance and jurisdiction. This macro-level…
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