Description

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This volume examines European Union policy instruments affecting the urban domain through the lens of Europeanisation. Instead of looking at EU instruments that are formally consecrated to cities, theoretical public policy analysis explores the arenas and causal mechanisms that structure the encounter between the EU and urban governance. The core variables that explain change concern the status of actors' preferences and the payoffs from Europeanisation. Their combination creates a four-dimensional space. We can therefore develop a typology for the modes of Europeanisation that chimes with current theorisations on the EU modes of governance. Dossi considers four modes of Europeanisation, which he analyses to grasp the essence of EU instruments and initiatives. The eventual Europeanisation of urban systems depends on the nature of strategic interaction, not on the legal 'tools' designated explicitly for cities.

About the Author

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Samuele Dossi is Research Officer at the European Parliament Research Service, where he works in the Impact Assessment Unit. Previously he was Evaluation Officer at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Urban and Regional Policy. Dr Dossi obtained a PhD in European Studies from the University of Exeter under the supervision of Claudio Radaelli. His research interests are the theory and practice of policy evaluation, theoretical analysis of public policy, rational methods of policy appraisal, the Europeanisation of cities, and the debate on Europeanisation mechanisms.