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Stopping, Shaping and Moulding Europe: Two‐Level Games, Non‐state Actors and the Europeanization of Migration Policies
Author(s) -
MENZ GEORG
Publication year - 2011
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.1468-5965.2010.02123.x
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , subject (documents) , political science , domain (mathematical analysis) , political economy , economic system , sociology , economics , computer science , algorithm , mathematical analysis , mathematics , library science
Europeanization is not only top‐down and one‐dimensional. National governments play two‐level games, encountering non‐state actors that seek to shape the national interest positions. Examining migration and asylum policy, a domain not yet subject to extensive scholarly attention, the role of non‐state interest groups and their influence, where coalition‐building is successful, is highlighted. Empirically, the article explores the genesis of the EU's family reunion, asylum qualification and the labour migration directives. In theoretical terms, the article contributes to the burgeoning literature on Europeanization, while seeking to refine it further and apply it to a somewhat neglected policy domain.