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One of the attempts to develop theoretical approaches is policy-making as the particular aspect of the functioning of the EU. This is fashionable and a major growth area that has drawn the scholarly attention. It is the subject of three section of this chapter. Briefly summarizing the theoretical outlook of the EU’s policy-making, this chapter first examines the new institutionalisms in rational choice, historical and sociological analysis, and their contribution to labour market integration, and secondly concludes strength and weakness of the multi-level governance in relation to the study of policy-making process.
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Oğuz, G. (2020). Theorizing the EU Policy-Making. In: Labour Migration in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36185-3_2
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