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Ophey, Kristina and Schwalbach, Jan ORCID: 0000-0002-6990-8098 (2022). 'Bigger' after all? The Effect of Structural Policy Coordination Authorities on the Multidimensionality of Policy Output. JCMS-J. Common Mark. Stud., 60 (6). S. 1592 - 1611. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1468-5965

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Abstract

To be 'bigger on big things', Jean-Claude Juncker reformed the European Commission's organizational set-up by adding another hierarchical layer to its political sphere. Vice-Presidents shall foster coordination between departmental Commissioners when drafting policies so that these are more multidimensional in kind. Taking an actor-centred organization theoretical perspective, complemented by principal-agent reasoning, we conceptualize these as structural policy coordination authorities. We hypothesize that this organizational manipulation to a core executive's typical multidivisional set-up incentivizes silo-focused actors to coordinate more across policy sectors. Hence, the coordination dilemma that typically confronts core executives might be counteracted, resulting in more multidimensional policy output. Constituting a 'case in time', we assess whether Commission policy output has changed systematically after the Juncker reform. Using newly developed indicators for policy multidimensionality, we evaluate all legislative proposals developed under the Juncker and Barroso II Commissions. We find that proposals under Juncker are indeed 'bigger' than before.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ophey, Kristina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schwalbach, Jan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6990-8098 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-665505
DOI:	10.1111/jcms.13334
Journal or Publication Title:	JCMS-J. Common Mark. Stud.
Volume:	60
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1592 - 1611
Date:	2022
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1468-5965
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language POLITICS Multiple languages Economics; International Relations; Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66550