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Re‐engineering Legal Opportunity Structures in the European Union? The Starting Line Group and the Politics of the Racial Equality Directive
Author(s) -
EVANS CASE RHONDA,
GIVENS TERRI E.
Publication year - 2010
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.1468-5965.2009.02050.x
Subject(s) - directive , european union , racial equality , political science , politics , law and economics , opportunity structures , public administration , law , sociology , business , international trade , computer science , programming language
Abstract Using the Racial Equality Directive to test competing explanations concerning the types of actors who seek to liberalize legal opportunity structures, we find that it was pursued by a coalition of societal interests working through European Union institutions that sought reforms intended to facilitate strategic litigation.