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EU Media Ownership Regulation: Conflict over the Definition of Alternatives
Author(s) -
Harcourt Alison J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5965.00115
Subject(s) - commission , european union , political science , process (computing) , media policy , politics , object (grammar) , selection (genetic algorithm) , european commission , law and economics , political economy , public administration , business , sociology , law , economic policy , artificial intelligence , computer science , operating system , linguistics , philosophy
The article addresses the politics of agenda‐setting in the European Union (EU) policy process by utilizing the case of media ownership regulation. The author argues that the selection of a ‘frame’ (as defined in Schön and Rein, 1994) for media ownership regulation has been the object of conflict between and within EU institutions, most crucially within the Commission. Conflict, however, has been a resource in the policy process as it has brought in different legitimate interests and perspectives. The article has theoretical implications for the study of agenda‐setting, organizational behaviour in the EU, and the analysis of the EU policy process.