Paradigm Change in EU Policy-Making: The Case of the Stability and Growth Pact

Princen, Sebastiaan

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

D1.18B (Oudemanhuispoort)

Sebastiaan Princen , School of Governance, Utrecht University

F. A. W. J. Van Esch , Utrecht University

This paper analyses patterns and dynamics of change in the paradigms underlying EU policies. It uses cognitive mapping in order to map policy paradigms and trace these changes over time, focusing on the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact.