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processes involved in policy formation and implementation. I argue that the largest stumbling block to effective implementation …
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In this article, we analyze the implementation of gender mainstreaming in the European Union (EU) through the study of … to an effective implementation of gender mainstreaming in the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme (FP6). We … gender equality into all policies and its actual implementation, which results in the ‘filtering out’ of transformative …
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The aim of this article is to analyse the development of the concepts of equal opportunities between men and women and gender mainstreaming with regard to a new policy approach taken outside the traditional community method and to raise the question to what extent these policy instruments can be...
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Tackling pensions' problems means engaging with what Pierson (2001) has called 'immovable objects'. Additionally, the EU competence for drafting specific legislation in this area remains unfulfilled potential, while EU legislation in other policy areas creates indirect pressures on national...
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Within the discussion on European governance and constitutional reforms of the EU polity the so-called "open method of coordination" (OMC) has gained much attention as a procedure that occupies an intermediary place between intergovernmental cooperation and supranational legislation. In this...
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Recently, 'new modes of governance' based on voluntary performance standards, rather than compulsory regulation, have gained salience in European Union governance. Can these 'new modes of governance' offer a credible solution to the challenges faced by EU policy making? We argue that a critical...
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appropriate statistical techniques and indicators, the benchmarking system pro-vided by EUROSTAT seems to be sufficiently … feasibility. The European Union benchmark-ing exercise is embedded in the context of the Open Method(s) of Co-ordination (OMC …). This context makes the benchmarking approach part and parcel of an overarching philosophy, which relates the benchmarking …
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The concept of policy learning has been attracting increasing attention in the political science literature, notably in the many publications on the Open Method of Coordination (OMC). However, much research faces fundamental methodological problems regarding the mode of functioning and extent of...
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The establishment of ESDP/CSDP in 1999 has been accompanied by the anticipation that the European Union will represent a unique strategic actor because of its ability to mix civilian and military crisis management instruments as part of a comprehensive approach. But to what extent is this...
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