Multi-level Governance, Multi-level Deficits: The Case of Drinking Water Management in Hungary
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This paper
improves our understanding of failed implementation in the European
Union by studying a case whereby a member state has transposed
legislation but failed to comply with it. Drawing on existing literature
on transposition deficits, this paper creates a framework for
interrogating implementation failures in the EU's multi-level governance
system. It is applied to a Hungarian case study to explain why parts of
the country continue to deliver drinking water that exceeds the
Drinking Water Directive's limits for arsenic, creating a public health
risk. The failure to comply is shown to be a series of linked
implementation deficits at every level of the governance system.
Processes of horizontal and vertical disintegration are clearly
demonstrated. The conclusions make policy recommendations with wider
relevance to other cases of failed implementation. Recommendations are
also made for research that uses our framework as a starting point to
understand the drivers behind individual deficits.
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Zeitschrift | Environmental Policy and Governance |
| Jahrgang | 22 |
| Ausgabenummer | 4 |
| Seiten (von - bis) | 253-267 |
| Anzahl der Seiten | 15 |
| ISSN | 1756-932X |
| DOIs | |
| Publikationsstatus | Erschienen - 2012 |
- Politikwissenschaft
- Transdisziplinäre Studien