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The European Union as a trigger of discursive change: The impact of the structural deficit rule in Estonia and Latvia

Raudla, R; Cepilovs, A; Kattel, R; Sutt, L; (2018) The European Union as a trigger of discursive change: The impact of the structural deficit rule in Estonia and Latvia. Central European Journal of Public Policy , 12 (2) pp. 1-15. 10.2478/CEJPP-2018-0006. Green open access

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Abstract

Our paper explores how a rule prescribed by the European Union can bring about changes in the policy discourse of a member state. Drawing on the literatures of discursive institutionalism and Europeanization, the theoretical part discusses the factors that influence discursive shifts. The empirical part examines the discursive impacts of the introduction of the structural budget deficit rule, required by the Fiscal Compact, in Estonia and Latvia. It demonstrates how the discursive shifts have been shaped by the localized translations offered by civil servants, the entrance of additional actors to the policy-making arena, crisis experience, and the strategic interests of policy actors.

Type: Article
Title: The European Union as a trigger of discursive change: The impact of the structural deficit rule in Estonia and Latvia
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.2478/CEJPP-2018-0006
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.2478/CEJPP-2018-0006
Language: English
Additional information: 2018 licensee Sciendo. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0).
Keywords: Discursive institutionalism, Europeanization, fiscal policy, fiscal rules, crisis
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Inst for Innovation and Public Purpose
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10073712
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