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100	1		_934688 _aZahariadis, Nikolaos
245	1	0	_aAmbiguity and choice in european public policy
260			_aOxfordshire, UK : _bTaylor & Francis, _cJune 2008
520	3		_aAmending rational institutionalist accounts of EU policy, I use the multiple streams perspective and examples from several policy sectors to explore the impact of two elements of policy choice: policy windows and the dynamics of coupling. I argue that policy outputs are neither exclusively rational nor solely a function of institutional design; rather they depend heavily on a complex interaction between problems, solutions, and politics during fleeting open windows of opportunity. Policy windows pose limitations to rational policy-making by framing the context within which choice is made, while the notion of coupling stresses the impact of entrepreneurial politics and strategies in EU policy-making. The analysis illuminates the limitations of rationality in explaining policy choice, the role of political power in the absence of institutional hierarchies, and the impact of ideas, institutions, and entrepreneurs in the EU policy process
773	0	8	_tJournal of European Public Policy _g15, 4, p. 514-530 _dOxfordshire, UK : Taylor & Francis, June 2008 _xISSN 13501763 _w
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998			_a20080619 _b1435^b _cTiago
998			_a20081029 _b1040^b _cZailton
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c26790 _d26790
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