Sequencing in public policy : the evolution of the CAP over a decade
By: DAUGBJERG, Carsten
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ArticlePublisher: Oxfordshire : Routledge, April 2009Journal of European Public Policy 16, 3, p. 395-411Abstract: This article sets out to bring the concept of reactive sequencing into policy studies and demonstrate its value in the analysis of policy reform. Reactive sequencing is based on the notion that early events in a sequence set in motion a chain of causally linked reactions and counter-reactions which trigger subsequent development. Since responses to earlier events may come in the form of counter-reactions, reactive sequences do not necessarily induce further movements in the same direction but remain open to change of direction. Therefore, the approach is well suited to analyse substancial policy change over time. The analysis of agricultural reform in the European Unio from 1992 to 2003 demonstrates that this approach to sequencing is useful. The MacSharry reform of 1992 set in motion a sequence of reactive reform events which resulted in the Fischler reform of 2003. Each reform event opened new opportunities for further reform.
This article sets out to bring the concept of reactive sequencing into policy studies and demonstrate its value in the analysis of policy reform. Reactive sequencing is based on the notion that early events in a sequence set in motion a chain of causally linked reactions and counter-reactions which trigger subsequent development. Since responses to earlier events may come in the form of counter-reactions, reactive sequences do not necessarily induce further movements in the same direction but remain open to change of direction. Therefore, the approach is well suited to analyse substancial policy change over time. The analysis of agricultural reform in the European Unio from 1992 to 2003 demonstrates that this approach to sequencing is useful. The MacSharry reform of 1992 set in motion a sequence of reactive reform events which resulted in the Fischler reform of 2003. Each reform event opened new opportunities for further reform.
Common agricultural policy; European Union; Path dependency sequencing
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