Venue shifts and policy change in EU fisheries policy |
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| Authors: | Sebastiaan Princen |
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| Institution: | Utrecht University, School of Governance, Bijlhouwerstraat 6, 3511 ZC Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Over the past two decades profound changes have taken place in the European Union's (EU) fisheries policy. Partly these changes have occurred within the EU's Common Fisheries Policy itself, but partly policy change has been effected by the application of environmental legislation and policy instruments to fisheries issues. This article argues that the process of policy change in EU fisheries policy can best be understood in terms of the interaction of policy images and policy venues that is at the core of the punctuated equilibrium theory of policy-making. As a result of the rise of a biodiversity perspective on fisheries issues, environmental policy-makers have become active in fisheries issues, which has led to profound changes in both the content of fisheries policies and the institutional organisation around this issue area. |
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| Keywords: | European Union Common Fisheries Policy Policy change Punctuated equilibrium theory Venue shopping |
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