The Commission, the Single Market and the Crisis
The Limits of Purposeful Opportunism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6282805 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabel Camisão (0000-0003-4138-3231, CICP and University of Coimbra, corresponding author), Maria Helena Guimarães (0000-0003-1432-4113, University of Minho, corresponding author), Ma Helena Guimarães (0000-0002-6904-3696, University of Minho) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-239 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.12464 |
| OpenAlex | W2511118819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 27 |
The economic and financial crisis opened a window of opportunity to place the Single Market back on top of the European agenda as part of a two‐tiered crisis response, which also included reinforced financial supervision and economic co‐ordination. We argue that the Commission acted as a ‘purposeful opportunist’ in both tiers; but whereas in economic governance issues there was breakthrough change in the Commission's achievements and competences, in the Single Market realm policy change was fairly modest. Using process tracing analysis our goal is to explain why the Commission did not succeed in furthering a genuine Single Market reform. Our findings suggest that the Commission's entrepreneurship was constrained by the limited salience of Single Market issues in the crisis context and by the lack of actual political commitment from the other relevant stakeholders. Thus, our research highlights the limits of the Commission's opportunistic behaviour in less advantageous circumstances
Business · Commission · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic governance · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Financial crisis · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Opportunism · Political science · Politics · Realm · Salience (neuroscience · Single market · European Union Policy and Governance · Finance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |