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Going ‘off script’: The influence of instrument constituencies on the Europeanisation of Turkish water policy

Authors :
Burçin Demirbilek
Oscar Fitch-Roy
David Benson
Jenny Fairbrass
Source :
Water Alternatives, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 691-708 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Water Alternatives Association, 2020.

Abstract

The European Union (EU) has established a major role in directing policy change both internally and beyond its borders, a phenomenon known as Europeanisation. This article examines the Europeanisation of water policy in Turkey in relation to implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Although some principles of EU water policy have been adopted in Turkey, the WFD has also been subject to significant domestic modification, prompting questions about how and why such patterns of partial implementation occur. In this respect, learning and socialisation within transnational 'instrument constituencies' (ICs) is shown to be an important explanatory factor. It follows that diffusion of EU water policy and the WFD beyond its borders may be enhanced by promoting the capacity for instrument constituency learning – or the 'cognitive environment' – in non-EU countries.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19650175
Volume :
13
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Water Alternatives
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bd12c995969e4e9aa0ec8b93521c3b71
Document Type :
article