Co-ordinating co-ordination: The European Commission and the culture Open Method of Co-ordination

Mattocks, Kathleen (2018) Co-ordinating co-ordination: The European Commission and the culture Open Method of Co-ordination. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (2). pp. 318-334. ISSN 0021-9886

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Abstract

This article examines the role of the European Commission in non-legislative policy co-ordination in the European Union. Using the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC) in the oft-neglected sector of cultural policy as a case study, it argues that rather than a neutral facilitator as it appears on paper, the Commission occupies both a political and administrative leadership role in the operation of the culture OMC. Through analysis of policy documentation, interviews and non-participant observation material, the article demonstrates how the Commission has operated as a key driver and agenda-setter in the field, exposing the inter-institutional dynamics in a competence in which the EU has a supporting role. The findings thus have broader implications for the study of agenda-setting and European integration in policy sectors where the EU holds a supporting competence.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2019 10:30
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2023 09:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69667
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12587

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