Does learning matter for policy outcomes? The case of integrating climate finance into the EU budget
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6289600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharina Rietig (0000-0002-4226-5766, Newcastle University, corresponding author), Richard Perkins (0000-0002-4963-6494, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 487-505 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2016.1270345 |
| OpenAlex | W2561905664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 35 |
A considerable body of work has invoked learning in seeking to explain observed patterns of EU policy change. This contribution scrutinizes the relevance of learning for understanding policy outcomes. We apply a consolidated framework based on factual, experiential and constructivist learning across the individual and organizational levels to examine the unlikely policy outcome of dedicating 20% of the EU 2014–2020 budget to climate action. Learning did play some role in the policy outcome, in that the belief that climate policy integration (CPI) was an appropriate instrument to address climate change was the result of constructivist learning over the preceding decade. However, this learning was restricted to a handful of policy entrepreneurs in Cabinet/DG Clima, who largely 'pushed' the policy through based on pre-existing convictions. Conversely, beyond some experiential learning, there is little evidence that learning was a significant feature of the policy process amongst actors in other European institutions
Economics · Experiential learning · Policy learning · Political science · Relevance (law · Computer Science · European Union Policy and Governance · Policy Transfer and Learning · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Different Conditions, Yet Similar Outcomes
Policy Learning
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Measuring Policy Learning
Promises and risks of nonstate action in climate and sustainability governance
Learning and community building in support of collective action
Framework or metaphor? Analysing the status of policy learning in the policy sciences
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Decision making
Environmental policy integration
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Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
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Policy Learning and Failure
The role of knowledge in the policy process
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Organizational learning in the EU's multi-level governance system
Policy entrepreneurs and controversial science
Governance and learning in the post-Maastricht era
EU policy towards other regions
The culture of trilogues
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The Uncertainty of the Past
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |