Dimitrakopoulos, Dionyssis G. (2003) Power, norms and institutional change in the European Union: the protection of the free movement of goods. European Journal of Political Research 42 (2), pp. 249-270. ISSN 0304-4130.
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Abstract
How do institutions of the European Union change? Using an institutionalist approach, this article highlights the interplay between power, cognitive limits, and the normative order that underpins institutional settings and assesses their impact upon the process of institutional change. Empirical evidence from recent attempts to reinforce the protection of the free movement of goods in the EU suggests that, under conditions of uncertainty, actors with ambiguous preferences assess attempts at institutional change on the basis of the historically defined normative order which holds a given institutional structure together. Hence, path dependent and incremental change occurs even when more ambitious and functionally superior proposals are on offer.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2025 16:00 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/130 |
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