Explaining European agenda-setting using the multiple streams framework: the case of European natural gas regulation

Nicole Herweg ()

Policy Sciences, 2016, vol. 49, issue 1, 13-33

Abstract: This article adapts the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to the European Union (EU) agenda-setting process. Therefore, it defines functional equivalents of the framework’s elements in the EU and clarifies which changes in the problem stream and political stream open policy windows. The article probes the usefulness of proposed adaptations by examining the rise of issues contained in the three natural gas directives passed in 1998, 2003, and 2009 on the EU’s decision agenda. The findings support the MSF explanation of the first and third gas directives, but not all necessary conditions were met regarding the second gas directive process. Building on these insights, the article enriches MSF scholarship and charts a course for future research that overcomes limitations with adapting the framework to the EU policy process. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016

Keywords: Multiple streams; Agenda-setting; Policy process; EU natural gas regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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