Provides the conceptual basis for systematic and cumulative comparative empirical research on the customization of EU policy
Examines how multilevel implementation affects the practical solution of common problems in the EU
Appeals to students and scholars of Public Policy, Political Science, and European Union Studies

Autorentext

Eva Thomann is a senior lecturer in politics at the Department of Politics, University of Exeter, UK. Her research about the implementation of public policies particularly focuses on member state implementation in the European Union and policy implementation by street-level bureaucrats . She specializes in set-theoretic comparative configurational research methods.

Inhalt

1. Discretion, diversity and problem-solving in the European Union.- 2. Moving beyond (non-)compliance: Conceptualizing customization.- 3. Researching customization: The data, the methods, and the cases.- 4. Customizing Europe: Four member states compared.- 5. The best of both worlds? Logics of action and customization.- 6. Europeanized solutions to shared problems? How customization affects policy outcomes.- 7. Customization, adaptive implementation, and the European experience.