Europeanization Mechanisms and Process Tracing
A Template for Empirical Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6282858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kyriakos Moumoutzis (King's College London), Sotirios Zartaloudi (0000-0001-8644-7740, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Sotirios Zartaloudis (University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 337-352 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| 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.12294 |
| OpenAlex | W1595636457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 55 |
While the literature on Europeanization has exhibited considerable awareness of the methodological challenge of establishing causal relations between non‐binding EU stimuli and domestic change, less work has been done on how this challenge might be met. This article contributes to the literature's attempts to meet this challenge by: 1) reformulating four explanations of Europeanization based on four distinct causal mechanisms (instrumental learning, social learning, naming and shaming and peer pressure); 2) specifying their observable implications for three intervening steps between EU stimuli and change in national policy (the definition of the policy problem, the alternative courses of action considered and the manner in which they were assessed); 3) defending process tracing against critiques of its usefulness for research on Europeanization; and 4) providing practical guidelines on how process tracing can be used to test these four explanations empirically, using examples from employment policy, where non‐binding EU stimuli feature most prominently
Action (physics · Cognitive psychology · Economics · Political science · Positive economics · Process (computing · Process tracing · Tracing · Work (physics · Computer Science · Economic Policies and Impacts · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
Blocked Learning in Greece
Unravelling the Southern Neighbourhood Dynamics of the European Research Area
Legitimising EU Governance through Performance Assessment Instruments
Narrative and Europeanization
Europeanisation and the Youth Guarantee
Europeanisation, Sovereignty and Contested States
Real-world Europeanisation
The Impact of the Eurozone Crisis on National Foreign Policy
Transnational Learning and Civil Society Empowerment in the EU Enlargement Process
Unexpected Persistence Amidst Enlargement Stasis
Flexicurity between Europeanization and Varieties of Capitalism? A Comparative Analysis of Employment Protection Reforms in Portugal and Greece
The Europeanization of national judiciaries
Italy’s exit from the Belt and Road Initiative
Impact evaluation with process tracing
Europeanization and the Soft Law Process of EU Corporate Governance
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations as Catalysts for Transnational Policy Diffusion
From conflict early warning to fostering resilience? Chasing convergence in EU foreign policy
Process Tracing And Causal Inference
Process-Tracing Methods
The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action
The Europeanization of Public Policy
Introduction
Hard and Soft Law in the Construction of Social Europe
Systematic process analysis
Hugh Heclo, Modern Social Politics in Britain and Sweden. From Relief to Income Maintenance, New Haven/London 1974
Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination
The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms
The Logic of Appropriateness
Case Studies and Causal Inference
The Logic of Collective Action
Process Tracing
Dissecting the Social
Systematic Process Analysis
Tracing Causal Mechanisms
Europeanization, Policy Learning, and New Modes of Governance
The uneven impact of the European Employment Strategy on member states' employment policies
Why and how (still) study the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC)
A toothless bite? The effectiveness of the European Employment Strategy as a governance tool
Knowledge, Policy-Oriented Learning, and Policy Change
Thinking about Mechanisms
The lessons of learning
Does the EU cause domestic developments? improving case selection in Europeanisation research
Policy Change and Discourse in Europe
The domestic implications of European soft law
Macroeconomic co-ordination in the euro area
Still Fashionable Yet Useless? Addressing Problems with Research on the Europeanization of Foreign Policy
The Open Method of Co‐ordination
The European Union at Work? The European Employment Strategy from Crisis to Crisis
International Institutions and Socialization in Europe
Why Comply? Social Learning and European Identity Change
Policy Transfer in the European Union
Full disclosure? The Open Method of Coordination, parliamentary debates and media coverage
Worlds of compliance
Wielding Soft Power in a World of Neglect
Modern social politics in Britain and Sweden
The Limitations of ‘Policy Transfer’ and ‘Lesson Drawing’ for Public Policy Research
Complex Causal Relations and Case Study Methods
A Tale of Two Cultures
The Open Method of Coordination as a ‘two-level game
How States Utilize Foreign Evidence
Policy Learning and Failure
Europeanization and the mechanics of economic policy adjustment
Same effects in different worlds
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
Qualitative Methodology and Comparative Politics
Organizational Learning
Comparative Hypothesis Testing Via Process Tracing
The Global Diffusion of Public Policies
Causal Mechanisms in the Social Sciences
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |