Comparative politics in the context of multilevel analysis

Knodt, Michèle; Stoiber, Michael

doi:10.1007/s12286-009-0068-8

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“…The EU uses this mode of governance in areas where competences remain at the national level (Blomqvist, 2018, p. 267f). Thus, implementation of soft governance, to a high degree, depends on the engagement and will of the member states (de la Porte & Stiller, 2018, this issue, Schaefer, 2004 and has often led to suboptimal outcomes (Hartlapp, 2009;Knodt & Ringel, 2017;Knodt & Stoiber, 2010;Linsenmann & Meyer, 2002). The public policy community only distinguishes between hard policy tools (standard legislation) and soft tools (Jordan et al, 2005).…”

Section: Analytical and Methodological Frameworkmentioning

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‘Harder’ soft governance in the European Energy Union

Knodt

Ringel

Müller

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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In 2016, the Commission proposed an ambitious governance strategy in order to further the transformation of the European energy system towards the Unions' 2030 climate and energy targets. Therein the EU adopted the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union in 2018 to harden its otherwise soft governance. This contribution firstly aims at characterizing the 'hardness' of this soft governance. The analyses showed the introduction of harder elements to soft governance to at least a certain extend. Secondly, it explains the degree of hardness from actorcentred institutionalism perspective by analysing the trilogue of the co-legislators and the Commission. The analysis shows a successful entrepreneurial role of the Commission in those questions where it was backed by the European. The Parliament performed strongly due to powerful support of its joint committee, experienced negotiators and a wide majority voting in the plenum. In contrary, the Council showed a divided opinion in many points and was confronted with a weak presidency during the dialogue. As a result, harder elements were introduced in questions, where Commission and Parliament argued along the same lines and could even go beyond the Commissions' proposal, where Parliament and Council found points of common interest.

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‘Harder’ soft governance in the European Energy Union

Knodt

Ringel

Müller

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…This has lead the European Commission to apply several modes of "soft governance", with the open method of coordination (OMC) being the most prominent example. As Knodt [71,82] points out, the Lisbon strategy installed OMC on the bases of voluntarism, participation and policy convergence. Usually standard setting, iteration and learning processes are used by means of peer-review, best practice exchange and benchmarking.…”

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Tele-Coupling Energy Efficiency Polices in Europe: Showcasing the German Governance Arrangements

Ringel

2018

Sustainability

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Climate change entails many situations of tele-coupling. We analyze an example in the field of European climate and energy policy. The EU aims at an almost full decarbonisation of its economy by 2050. Achieving this objective asks for transforming the energy sectors of EU Member States. These are responsible for 80% of carbon emissions. Further to this policy coupling, the EU transformation objectives have to be implemented by the Member States, regions and local actors. This proves especially complex in the field of energy efficiency. Here, a variety of policy instruments and actors are in place. In our contribution, we investigate in the question how multi-level governance arrangements in the energy efficiency field are designed. We focus on Germany as example for a federal state setting. Our review method comprises literature content analysis, primary sources, expert interviews and an in-depth screening of the German Sustainable Energy Action Plans. We find that formal vertical coordination has been successfully backed up by horizontal and especially informal governance mechanisms, leading to a model of polycentric governance. This model might serve as blueprint for other multi-level governance arrangements. Yet, we find that the "last mile" of this coordination still needs strengthening: Local actors need more active engaging and empowering to reap the full potential of the governance arrangements.

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Creating Convergence of National Energy Policies by Increased Cooperation: EU Energy Governance and Its Impact on the German Energy Transition

Knodt

Ringel

2019

The European Dimension of Germany’s Energy Transition

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Comparative politics in the context of multilevel analysis

Cited by 6 publications

References 52 publications

‘Harder’ soft governance in the European Energy Union

‘Harder’ soft governance in the European Energy Union

Tele-Coupling Energy Efficiency Polices in Europe: Showcasing the German Governance Arrangements

Creating Convergence of National Energy Policies by Increased Cooperation: EU Energy Governance and Its Impact on the German Energy Transition

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