Mission Impossible
The European Union and Policy Coherence for Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12046830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maurizio Carbone (0000-0003-4986-0776, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-342 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Integration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0703-6337 • E-ISSN: 1477-2280 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07036330802144992 |
| OpenAlex | W2082847409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 101 |
| References cited | 15 |
The principle of policy coherence has been the object of a contentious debate in the European Union’s external relations, though discussions have been limited mainly to its foreign policy and its ability to speak with one voice in the international arena. Despite being institutionalized in the Treaty of Maastricht, policy coherence for development (PCD), which implies taking into account the needs and interest of developing countries in non‐aid policies, failed to make headway in the EU, remaining the unheeded concern of some NGOs and a small group of member states. A change in direction occurred in the early 2000s when the European Commission, taking advantage of a number of favourable conditions and using an astute strategy, managed to set an ambitious agenda for the EU. This article, nevertheless, shows that promoting PCD risks being a ‘mission impossible’ for whoever attempts it due to the interplay of various issues and interests, the different commitment to international development of the member states, and the EU’s institutional framework
Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Commission · Economics · European commission · European integration · European union · Foreign policy · International trade · Law and economics · Maastricht Treaty · Member states · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Treaty · European Union Policy and Governance · International Development and Aid · Law · Public health and occupational medicine
Policy coherence and climate adaptation
Analysing complex policy problems
In the name of human rights
In the name of human rights
Policy mixes for sustainability transitions
Governing the Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals
Challenges achieving horizontal coherence across health and public security policies in formulating Uruguay’s cannabis regulation
Is the European Union’s Cohesion Policy Based on the Stakeholder Theory?
Norms or interests? Explaining EU aid allocation to Asean through strategic, normative, and economic lenses
How is aid used to exert power? Gender equality promotion and migration control in Senegal
A normative power or fortress Europe? Normative policy coherence between the European Unionʼs development, migration, and foreign policies
Normative coherence through social entrepreneurship
Development as non‐migration? Examining normative and policy coherence in EU external action on migration and development
Normative coherence for development and regionalism
Normative coherence for development
Quantifying the coherence of development policy priorities
Policy coherence across Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals
The adoption of global water norms in Central America
Bait and Switch
Synergies and tensions between decarbonisation, security and strategic autonomy in EU energy policy
Europeanisation through the prism of regime complexity
The Europeanisation of development policy
International development policies in Central and Eastern Europe since EU accession
Framing the climate-development nexus in the European Union
Workforce development in low-carbon energy transitions
Una propuesta metodológica para analizar la coherencia de políticas para el desarrollo
Resistance to EU integration? Norm collision in the coordination of development aid
Explaining the Genesis of a Trade Dispute
Aid for Trade and African agriculture
Horizontal policy coordination and gender mainstreaming
Gender mainstreaming and policy coherence for development
Fishing for development
Synergy or disparity? Czech experts' insights on migration and development policies
Towards Coherence of EU External Migration Policy? Implementing a Complex Policy
Diaspora Philanthropy in the Context of Policy Coherence for Development
Tobacco control, global health policy and development
Ex ante analysis of circular built environment policy coherence
Development Education in European Rural Areas
Interplay between low-carbon energy transitions and national security
Backdoor Bargaining
Promoting Policy Coherence within the 2030 Agenda Framework
Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development – A Promising Approach for Human Security in Fragile States
Ecosystem integrity and policy coherence for development
Policy coherence for development and migration
La política climática mexicana en la cuenca del río Usumacinta (1992–2018)
Normative policy coherence for development and policy networks
Applying the First Pillar of the UN Guiding Principles to Development Cooperation
Contrasting Rhetoric and Converging Security Interests of the European Union and China in Africa
Aid Donor Meets Strategic Partner? The European Union's and China's Relations with Ethiopia
Paradigm Shift or Reinventing the Wheel? Towards a Research Agenda on Change and Continuity in EU Development Policy
Exploring the European Union external actorness moving from norms to policy practices
Selective adherence to EU values and the quest for external coherence
The Problematics of the EU's Ethical (Self)Image in Africa
From coherence to coheritization
Subsystem politics and policy coherence in development cooperation
The EU's civilian/power dilemma
Towards just transition
Policy statement coherence
Challenges for bridging the gap between knowledge and governance in sustainability policy – The case of OECD ‘Focal Points’ for Policy Coherence for Development
Global Evaluation Policy in Practice
EU Mediation in Egypt
Introduction
Pirates, Fishermen and Peacebuilding
Overcoming legacies of foreign policy (dis)interests in the negotiation of the European Union–Australia free trade agreement
The 2030 Agenda and coherent national development policy
The Rise of Policy Coherence for Development
A Perfect Post-2015 Partner? Analysing EU’s Development and Trade Agendas for Global Development Partnership
The EU and The Human Right to Water and Sanitation
Coherence and Contradictions in Danish Migration-Development Policy and Practice
Theorising Politics Behind Policy Coherence for Development (PCD)
Influencing Aid Policy
The European Union and Policy Coherence for Development
International development and the European Union's external policies
The security–development nexus and securitization in the EU's policies towards developing countries
The Role of Policy Networks in the Coordination of the European Union’s Economic and Environmental Interests
The Global Construction of EU Development Policy
The European Parliament and development cooperation
Royal roads and dead ends. How institutional procedures influence the coherence of European Union policy formulation
Policy Coherence for Development in the European Union
The EU as an Agent for Democracy
Policy Change and Policy Incoherence
EU Services Trade with Asean
The European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy and Developing Countries
Imposed Coherence
The Social Dimension of Globalization and EU Development Policy
Why serve soup with a fork
The European Union’s ambiguous concept of ‘state fragility’
Digital4development? European data protection in the Global South
Human Rights Conditionality in European Union Trade Negotiations
Finding Common Ground? European Union and European Civil Society Framing of the Role of Trade in the Sustainable Development Goals
EU's development policy vis-à-vis Ukraine after the Euromaidan
Beyond Economic Partnership Agreements
Tensions in the discourse and practice of the European Union's Aid for Trade
Rating the Rich
Perpetuating Crises at the Source
Addressing Covid through PCD
The need for policy coherence to trigger a transition to biogas production
Transformative policy mix or policy pandemonium? Insights from the Climate Smart Agriculture policy mix in Costa Rica
Sanctions under the EU Generalised System of Preferences and foreign policy
Partnerships in transition
| Unique citing works | 101 |
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| Citations per year | 5,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 97 |