Negotiations in networks

Jönsson, Christer; Strömvik, Maria

doi:10.4324/9780203320136_chapter_2

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“…Donald Chisholm (1989) emphasises some positive aspects of informal networks: they adapt easily, generate trust and facilitate a free exchange of information (cf. Jönsson and Strömvik, 2005: 16). A network approach also implies assigning more significance to individuals than a traditional state-centric model.…”

Section: Norm Advocacy In Development Policy Network: Network Characmentioning

confidence: 99%

Norm advocacy networks: Nordic and Like-Minded Countries in EU gender and development policy

Elgström¹

2016

Cooperation and Conflict

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This article investigates the informal networks of Member States that are claimed to be the drivers of EU gender and development policy. The aim is to highlight the negotiation strategies used in gender and development negotiations and to link these to network characteristics. I categorise the characteristics of the Nordic and the like-minded groupings, relying on network theory and investigate their modes of influence. The article is based on interviews with officials at the Permanent Representations and EU institutions in Brussels. My results demonstrate that the Nordics and the Like-Minded Countries constitute informal networks with frequent interaction. Network members share information and coordinate initiatives. The findings show a preference for gradual entrapment and framing rather than shaming and exclusion. The choice of strategies can be linked to network characteristics: the like-minded network is non-formalised and open, and as the ambition is to spread the norms of the like-minded also to reluctant actors, network participants prefer gradual entrapment and traditional diplomatic initiatives before confrontation. Norm promotion normally occurs in concentric circles negotiations, mirroring the layered structure of the network. This article contributes to the literature on informal governance in EU foreign policy by highlighting key strategies used in intra-EU policy networks.

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Section: Norm Advocacy In Development Policy Network: Network Characmentioning

confidence: 99%

Norm advocacy networks: Nordic and Like-Minded Countries in EU gender and development policy

Elgström¹

2016

Cooperation and Conflict

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“…Jönsson and Strömvik [24] highlight that the shortest definition of a network is "a set of interconnected nodes", that change the territorial perception of the political space and has implications on the analysis of actors' positions within networks. These positions are determined by the relationship with different network nodes in a context in which the perceived node falls not as an organization, but as a person.…”

Section: Macroeconomic Policies Dmentioning

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The EU Health Technology Assessment and the Open Method of Coordination: A Relation with Potential in the Context of Network Governance

2021

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The open method of coordination (OMC)—a tool which was formalized in the early 2000s—has generated the interest of both the researchers and practitioners in the context of the new EU governance. This article is examining the literature of both network governance and OMC, with the focus particularly on one main question: is OMC a useful instrument in health policies in order to achieve concrete results by outlining norms and legislation where EU exercise limited power? Analyzing a field in which the EU competence is limited—given the budgetary implications of medicines reimbursement—from the results of the existing collaboration within EUnetHTA, we will observe the added value in this particular case of the OMC application, and the possible consequences in shaping the supranational competences. Given that the EU, with some exceptions provided by the Treaties, may only exercise actions to support, coordinate or complement the action of the Member States in the health policy, the OMC proves to be a useful tool, both from the perspective of the Member States but especially of the supranational level.

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“…The longer communication takes place, and the more intense it becomes, the more important socialisation and learning processes are (Niemann, 2013). This means that informalisation also helps actors to better manage the cognitive burden of the increased information-sharing (Héritier, 2012;Jönsson & Strömvik, 2005;Kleine, 2013). These characteristics explain why informality becomes engrained into EU-level decision-making.…”

Section: Outcome: Informalisation Of Institutional Relationsmentioning

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Opening up by closing off: how increased transparency triggers informalisation in EU decision-making

Coremans

2019

Journal of European Public Policy

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With transparency for EU trade negotiations becoming a high-profile topic this past decade, its connection with EU inter-institutional politics has become more consequential. In response to the changed role of the European Parliament and the need to better inform the public debate, the European Commission has significantly reformed its transparency policy for trade negotiations. At the same time however, an institutional process of informalisation at the EU level has enfolded. This study uses process-tracing methodology to determine how the increased transparency caused this informalisation in the case of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. It thereby seeks to uncover a widely-occurring yet surprisingly underexplored process of institutional change that follows from increased transparency. Contrary to earlier accounts of correlations between transparency and informalisation, the author finds that both concepts are not necessarily contradictory. Instead, informality can in fact contribute to transparency goals and help legitimise decision-making.

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Negotiations in networks

Cited by 6 publications

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Norm advocacy networks: Nordic and Like-Minded Countries in EU gender and development policy

Norm advocacy networks: Nordic and Like-Minded Countries in EU gender and development policy

The EU Health Technology Assessment and the Open Method of Coordination: A Relation with Potential in the Context of Network Governance

Opening up by closing off: how increased transparency triggers informalisation in EU decision-making

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