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Transnational Networks and Paths to EU Environmental Compliance: Evidence from New Member States
Author(s) -
Andonova Liliana B.,
Tuta Ioana A.
Publication year - 2014
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/jcms.12126
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , enforcement , compliance (psychology) , argument (complex analysis) , member states , business , legislation , politics , political science , international trade , computer science , european union , law , chemistry , psychology , social psychology , biochemistry , machine learning
This article examines transnational environmental networks as an important and thus far under‐studied mechanism that can influence the pathways toward compliance with E uropean U nion ( EU ) legislation in new M ember S tates. The argument stipulates that transnational networks, on balance, increase the capacity and political leverage of C entral and E astern E uropean states and societal actors to activate management and enforcement paths to compliance with EU environmental norms. The theoretical framework specifies the network assets and the mechanisms through which they can support the two paths to compliance. In the empirical section, this framework is used to examine the impact of transnational environmental networks on the compliance with EU biodiversity directives in two of the most recent M ember S tates: B ulgaria and R omania.