Explaining implementation deficits through multi-level governance in the EU's new member states: EU limits for arsenic in drinking water in Hungary
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In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 58, No. 7, 03.07.2015, p. 1137-1153.
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T1 - Explaining implementation deficits through multi-level governance in the EU's new member states
T2 - EU limits for arsenic in drinking water in Hungary
AU - Leventon, Julia
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - This paper uses a multi-level governance lens to explore a case of non-compliance with EU legislation in Hungary and expands historical institutionalist explanations of EU laggards. Despite adopting the European Union's (EU's) limit of 10 ppb arsenic in drinking water, parts of Hungary do not comply. To explain this deficit, the paper examines the match between discourse incorporated into policy and held by policy actors in Hungary. Multiple points of mismatch are found that influence implementation because of governance structures, adding specificity to explanations of 'goodness of fit' between EU and national policy.
AB - This paper uses a multi-level governance lens to explore a case of non-compliance with EU legislation in Hungary and expands historical institutionalist explanations of EU laggards. Despite adopting the European Union's (EU's) limit of 10 ppb arsenic in drinking water, parts of Hungary do not comply. To explain this deficit, the paper examines the match between discourse incorporated into policy and held by policy actors in Hungary. Multiple points of mismatch are found that influence implementation because of governance structures, adding specificity to explanations of 'goodness of fit' between EU and national policy.
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - environmental health
KW - Europeanisation
KW - geogenic arsenic
KW - historical institutionalism
KW - policy analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929271224&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2014.916611
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2014.916611
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 58
SP - 1137
EP - 1153
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
SN - 0964-0568
IS - 7
ER -