The Implementation of Policy: 1984–90

Abstract

The previous chapter traced the development of EC policy through to its consolidation and institutionalisation in 1984. This chapter charts the implementation of EC policy towards Central America through to the waning of EC interest in late 1989 and early 1990. The chapter also contains a preliminary assessment as to whether (or not) and to what extent EC policy towards Central America achieved its own stated objectives. Some preliminary consideration is also given to the relationship between the changing practice of EC policy and the institutional evolution of EC foreign policy. Both these latter points are discussed more extensively in the book’s conclusion, which will also offer an evaluation of the significance of EC intervention in Central America in the 1980s.