How to Become an Independent Agency
The Creation of the German Federal Network Agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Ruffing (0000-0002-2747-0913, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 43-58 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644008.2014.898268 |
| OpenAlex | W2060589216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
The German Federal Network Agency (FNA) was established in 2005 as multi-utilities regulator thereby creating Germany's first energy regulator. It maintains a quite exceptional position in the landscape of German agencies because of its far-reaching independence from political influence. This independence represents an empirical puzzle, because in Germany no comprehensive agencification of the federal administration can be observed and independent agencies are rather an exception than a rule. This article explores whether this puzzle can be plausibly solved by the approach of institutional isomorphism. It argues that the German government faced informal pressure from the European Commission and its endeavour to build a network of European energy regulators at the European level. Furthermore, independent regulatory agencies increasingly became a kind of guiding model in the utilities sector. Therefore, mechanisms of coercive and mimetic isomorphism can be seen as plausible explanations of the agency's independence
Agency (philosophy · Business · German · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |