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The Action Plan on Combating Terrorism: A Flawed Instrument of EU Security Governance
Author(s) -
BOSSONG RAPHAEL
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1468-5965.2007.00766.x
Subject(s) - action plan , action (physics) , terrorism , dimension (graph theory) , ideal (ethics) , corporate governance , commission , political science , european commission , plan (archaeology) , process (computing) , entrepreneurship , public administration , law and economics , business , european union , economics , law , management , international trade , computer science , physics , mathematics , history , operating system , archaeology , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Abstract After clarifying the ideal‐typical characteristics of action plans, this contribution shows how the Action Plan on Combating Terrorism emerged out of a hectic process of policy‐entrepreneurship by the European Commission and other integration‐minded actors. This overloaded the EU's policy‐making capacity and fostered policy conflict, while the strategic dimension was neglected.