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Actors and Their Representations in Shipping Policy: Developing the European Maritime Safety Agency

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  • Sophie Dupré
  • Emmanuel Guy

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This paper discusses the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). Through a chronological reconstruction, the study looks at the events that lead to the official birth of the Agency in 2003 and how it developed to its current state. The conceptual framework draws from cognitive policy analysis, a French political science perspective related to new institutionalisms. This approach emphasizes the role of the actors' own representations of their sector and the ways they fit within the socioeconomic system as a whole. This highlights the evolution of the stakeholders' positions and influence throughout the development process. Findings suggest that although considerable discrepancies between European representatives and those of the shipping industry were present in the context leading to EMSA's creation, the Agency has now established a working consensus confirming a greater implication of European authorities in the regulation of international shipping. The work also suggests that a greater attention to plays of power among stakeholders and how they translate in their representations could be pertinent to strengthen research in shipping policy.

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  • Sophie Dupré & Emmanuel Guy, 2012. "Actors and Their Representations in Shipping Policy: Developing the European Maritime Safety Agency," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(6), pages 697-713, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:transr:v:32:y:2012:i:6:p:697-713
    DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2012.706331
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