软立法：随着时间的推移，偏好异质性对欧盟软法律文书份额的影响

IF 2.9 1区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

European Union Politics Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI:10.1177/14651165231162510

Asya Zhelyazkova, M. Haverland, Rik Joosen

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这项研究分析了欧盟成员国之间的偏好异质性如何随着时间的推移影响软法律法案的通过。一方面，政策偏好的高度多样性预计将增加软性法律文书的比例，因为政府不太可能同意具有约束力的措施。相反，偏好异质性也可能由于感知到的合规问题的威胁而降低软法则。我们使用1967年至2019年间通过的所有欧盟软法律和硬法律文书的数据集来测试这些相互竞争的论点。结果表明，偏好异质性增加了欧盟软性工具的份额。然而，过去更多的异质性促使欧盟立法者在过去违约率高的领域降低了较软措施的比例。

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Legislating softly: The effect of preference heterogeneity on the share of EU soft-law instruments over time

This study analyses how preference heterogeneity across EU member states affects the adoption of soft-law acts over time. On the one hand, high diversity in policy preferences is expected to increase the proportion of soft-law instruments because governments are less likely to agree to binding measures. Conversely, preference heterogeneity could also decrease soft law due to the perceived threat of compliance problems. We test these competing arguments using a dataset on all EU soft-law and hard-law instruments adopted between 1967 and 2019. The results show that preference heterogeneity increases the share of soft EU instruments. However, more past heterogeneity prompts EU legislators to decrease the proportion of softer measures in areas that experience high levels of past non-compliance.

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European Union Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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4.70

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期刊介绍： European Union Politics is an international academic journal for advanced peer-reviewed research and scholarship on all aspects of the process of government, politics and policy in the European Union. It aims to stimulate debate and provide a forum to bridge the theoretical and empirical analysis on the political unification of Europe. It represents no particular school or approach, nor is it wedded to any particular methodology. In particular it welcomes articles that offer a new theoretical argument, analyze original data in a novel fashion or present an innovative methodological approach. The Editors invite submissions from all sub-fields of contemporary political science, including international relations, comparative politics, public administration, public policy and political theory.