The Politics of Means and Ends : Policy Instruments in the European Union
by
Holger Bahr
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1138260967
ISBN-13
9781138260962
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 23rd, 2016
Print length
228 Pages
Weight
453 grams
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A systematic comparison of the techniques used to implement policy goals in European environmental policy and European social policy. Holger Bähr argues that decisions made by political institutions and the politicization of policy problems both constrain political actors and provide them with the opportunity to transfer their preferred policy instruments into policy outputs at the end of the decision-making process.
Policy instruments are techniques used to implement policy goals. Subject to political conflict, they address the relationship between those who govern and those who are governed. Why do political actors choose certain policy instruments to implement policy goals? Systematically comparing policy instruments employed in the European Union''s environmental and social policy, Holger Bähr develops a general theoretical framework to illustrate how policy-makers prefer different types of policy instruments depending on the respective effect they wish to have on member state governments, citizens, consumers, and producers. He argues that institutions, the politicisation of policy problems and external events constrain political actors and provide them with the opportunity to transfer their preferred policy instruments into policy outputs at the end of decision-making.
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