{"product_id":"policy-transfer-in-european-union-simon-bulmer-9780415374880","title":"Policy Transfer in European Union Governance: Regulating the Utilities","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new book presents a clear conceptual framework for understanding the transfer of policy ideas between EU states, together with an empirical study of regulatory change within European utilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicy transfer is a new instrument for understanding EU policy-making. This volume shows how the nature of institutions, interdependence between trans-national and national jurisdictions and social systems, relate policy actors across geographical boundaries, identifying four basic types of EU policy transfer and learning: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e'uploading'- how member states compete to shape the EU agenda in line with their own institutional arrangements and policy preferences \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e'downloading'- how states adapt to changing EU incentives and constraints \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e'socialization' - how EU policy norms are internalized in the belief systems of domestic actors \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e'information exchange' between national actors in the course of EU interactions leading to a horizontal diffusion of policy ideas. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors use an institutionalist perspective to show how these forms of policy transfer operate across the diverse systems of governance found across the EU. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolicy Transfer in European Union Governance\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to students and scholars of European Union politics and policy, comparative public policy and political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Bulmer,David Dolowitz,Peter Humphreys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041537488X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415374880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.46w x 0.73d","brand":"Simon Bulmer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064907510015,"sku":"9780415374880","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23d0f7c3-330c-45db-986e-15a72b436081.jpg?v=1768671838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/policy-transfer-in-european-union-simon-bulmer-9780415374880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}