Abstract
The field of Europeanization is well established in political science and more generally in the social sciences. Broadly speaking, it is a process of change affecting domestic institutions, politics and public policy. Change occurs when political behaviour at the European Union (EU) level has a transformative effect on domestic political behaviour. As we shall see shortly, sometimes Europeanization is treated as outcome rather than process, especially with reference to the condition of a policy sector or a country, seen as more or less ‘Europeanized’.
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Radaelli, C.M. (2012). Europeanization: The Challenge of Establishing Causality. In: Research Design in European Studies. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137005090_1
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