The EU’s problem-solving capacity and legitimacy in a crisis context
A Virtuous or Vicious Circle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6407848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerda Falkner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 953-970 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2016.1186386 |
| OpenAlex | W2426120778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article focuses on which mechanisms enabled the eurozone to escape from gridlock. At present, the EU is in a state of profound and multiple crises. Nonetheless, it managed to bring about a medium-term stabilisation of its banking system and economic governance, and a systemic implosion has so far been prevented. Considering that crucial regulations in the financial markets and economic governance are not a new idea but had been politically blocked for many years preceding the crisis, it is a major political science puzzle how and why the reforms were actually possible in an acute crisis. Drawing on Fritz W. Scharpf's theory of the joint-decision trap, the article evaluates if, how and under what conditions crisis situations actually make a difference. Can crises possibly introduce dynamics that ‒ at times ‒ help overcome stalemate? Nine EU policies are being considered. The conclusions discuss insights for the EU's overall system development
Bureaucracy · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · European debt crisis · European integration · European union · Financial crisis · Gridlock · Keynesian economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Stalemate · State (computer science · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · European Union Policy and Governance · Finance · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Introduction
Varieties of Capitalism, Growth Regimes, and Structural Change in Eurozone Core and Peripheral Countries
Connecting the dots
Defusing contested authority
Implementation performance in the field of the EU Customs Union
Local policy-making within the multilevel system
Integration, functional differentiation and problem‐solving in multilevel governance
Covid-19
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Federal dynamics, solidarity, and European Union crisis politics
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Crisis response, path dependence, and the joint decision trap
The EU’s collective securitisation of climate change
Europe’s union in crisis
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The EU's Decision Traps
The Engines of European Integration
The Social Construction of Europe
Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe
Negotiating Treaty Reform in the European Union
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Financial market regulation
Health policy and health systems
EU trade policy
Public finances in Europe
EU foreign policy
Energy and climate policy
The EU’s current crisis and its policy effects
Asylum policy
Competition policy
A supranational regime that nationalizes social conflict
The Joint‐decision Trap
A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration
Testing Times
Europe's deliberative intergovernmentalism
The social construction of Europe
Policy-making by subterfuge
Decision‐making in the European Union
Preferences and Power in the European Community
Delegation, agency, and agenda setting in the European Community
Transcending or Descending? European Integration in Times of Crisis
The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
The New Intergovernmentalism
The methods of community in EU decision-making and administrative rivalry in the Council's infrastructure
Theorizing EU treaty reform
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Only an Agenda Setter
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |