Why Noncompliance: The Politics of Law in the European Union

Tanja A. Börzel

Open Access Published by Cornell University Press 2022

Why Noncompliance

The Politics of Law in the European Union

Tanja A. Börzel
Funded by: Freie Universität Berlin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501753411

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About this book

Why Noncompliance traces the history of noncompliance within the European Union (EU), focusing on which states continuously do or do not follow EU Law, why, and how that affects the governance in the EU and beyond.

In exploring the EU's long and varied history of noncompliance, Tanja A. Börzel takes a close look at the diverse groups of noncompliant states throughout the EU's existence. Why do states that are vocally critical of the EU have a better record of compliance than those that support the EU? Why has noncompliance been declining since the 1990s, even though the EU was adding member-states and numerous laws? Börzel debunks conventional wisdoms in EU compliance research, showing that noncompliance in the EU is not caused by the new Central and Eastern European member states, nor by the Eurosceptic member states. So why do these states take the brunt of Europe's misplaced ire?

Why Noncompliance introduces politicization as an explanatory factor that has been long overlooked in the literature and scholarship surrounding the European Union. Börzel argues that political controversy combined with voting power and administrative capacity, explains why noncompliance with EU law has been declining since the completion of the Single Market, cannot be blamed on the EU's Central and Easter European member states, and is concentrated in areas where EU seeks to protect citizen rights.

Thanks to generous funding from Freie Universitat Berlin, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Author / Editor information

Tanja A. Börzel is professor of political science and holds the Chair for European Integration at Freie Universität Berlin. She is author of Effective Governance under Anarchy and Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe.

Reviews

Jonas Tallberg, Stockholm University:

An excellent book that many have been waiting for. Why Noncompliance summarizes more than fifteen years of research by Tanja A. Börzel on noncompliance in the EU.

Lisa Conant, University of Denver, author of Justice Contained:

Tanja A. Börzel offers a major and most welcome corrective to the bulk of the literature on the EU and legal integration that often claims and assumes compliance with little, no, or weak evidence.

Tanja Börzel's latest book, which has been many years in the making, develops a comprehensive and compelling theory of noncompliance in the EU that is able to account for this and other puzzles. It builds on a literature to which she has been a seminal and prodigious contributor over many years. The book deserves praise for its clear theorizing, structure, and comprehensive theoretical and empirical approach.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Open Access Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	xi
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	xv
Introduction: The Politics of Noncompliance Open Access Download PDF	1
1. Infringement Data and Noncompliance Open Access Download PDF	13
2. Power, Capacity, and Politicization Open Access Download PDF	35
3. Why Some States Comply Less Than Others Open Access Download PDF	61
4. Why There Is No Growing Noncompliance Open Access Download PDF	96
5. Why Noncompliance Is Sector Specific Open Access Download PDF	140
Conclusion: The Limits of Regulatory Governance Open Access Download PDF	171
Appendix 1. Summary Statistics Open Access Download PDF	193
Appendix 2. Correlation of Independent Variables Open Access Download PDF	197
Appendix 3. Dependent and Independent Variables and Their Operationalization Open Access Download PDF	201
Appendix 4. Robustness Tests Open Access Download PDF	209
Appendix 5. Interaction Effects Open Access Download PDF	213
Notes Open Access Download PDF	215
References Open Access Download PDF	225
Index Open Access Download PDF	257

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 282
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 24
- Line drawings: 2
- Tables: 22
- Other: 2 b&w line drawings, 22 charts
Keywords: Strategic enforcement; Rule of law / democratic backsliding; European Law; Single Market; European Commission; Compliance; Governance; Politicization; EU studies; compliance research; governance research; international institutions; comparative polics

eBook

Published: February 15, 2021
ISBN: 9781501753411