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Policy‐making in Nested Institutions: Explaining the Conservation Failure of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy

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The widely recognized conservation failure of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is largely due to the nested institutional context in which fishermen’s issues are negotiated. Divergent Member State interests regarding the competence of Community institutions have led to the selection and maintenance of ineffective policies. I propose a three‐level game to draw out the implications of policy‐making within nested institutions. To substantiate this explanation, I show how the guiding principles of the CFP have created and heightened Prisoner’s Dilemma game incentives among both Member States and fishermen, yet have been retained due to divergent Member State interests.

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  • Dexter C. Payne, 2000. "Policy‐making in Nested Institutions: Explaining the Conservation Failure of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(2), pages 303-324, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:38:y:2000:i:2:p:303-324
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00221
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    1. Lukas Schweiger, 2010. "The Evolution of the Common Fisheries Policy: Governance of a Common-Pool Resource in the Context of European Integration," Working Papers of the Vienna Institute for European integration research (EIF) 7, Institute for European integration research (EIF).
    2. Rouba Al-Fattal, 2009. "The Tragedy of the Commons: Institutions and Fisheries Management at the Local and EU Levels," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(4), pages 537-547.
    3. Hubert Zimmermann, 2019. "The European Parliament and the Layered Politicization of the External Dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(3), pages 237-247.
    4. Fabio Franchino, 2005. "Forum Section The Study of EU Public Policy," European Union Politics, , vol. 6(2), pages 243-252, June.
    5. Doris Fuchs, 2017. "Windows of Opportunity for Whom? Commissioners, Access, and the Balance of Interest in European Environmental Governance," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-14, July.

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