Compliance with EU directives : insights from international relations and comparative politics
By: HAAS, Peter M
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ArticlePublisher: London : Routledge, March 1998Journal of European Public Policy 5, 1, p. 17-37Abstract: The European Union (EU) has issued hundreds if not thousands of directives and decisions over the last twenty-five years. Yet questions of compliance to what extent do states comply, which states are likely to comply, what patterns of compliance exist within and across areas of regulation? have not been extensively investigated and remain poorly understood. This article argues that compliance is a matter of state choice, and reviews current theoretical writings in international relations and comparative politics in order to better identify reasons for states' choices to comply with EU directives.
The European Union (EU) has issued hundreds if not thousands of directives and decisions over the last twenty-five years. Yet questions of compliance to what extent do states comply, which states are likely to comply, what patterns of compliance exist within and across areas of regulation? have not been extensively investigated and remain poorly understood. This article argues that compliance is a matter of state choice, and reviews current theoretical writings in international relations and comparative politics in order to better identify reasons for states' choices to comply with EU directives.
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