Rethinking European Integration in the Competition Domain |
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| Authors: | Nikolaos Zahariadis |
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| Affiliation: | Nikolaos Zahariadis;is associate professor and director of the political science program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His interests include comparative public policy and European politics. He is the author of Markets, States and Public Policy (Michigan). His articles have appeared in journals such as International Studies Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal, Policy Studies Review, Journal of Public Policy, and elsewhere. |
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| Abstract: | This symposium explores the causes and consequences of European competition policy. I make two points in this essay, which the authors of the symposium reinforce. First, European integration is best examined from a public policy perspective, which focuses on the course of action that European public authorities decide (or not) to take. Second, the workings of competition policy in Europe cannot be understood without examining policies both at the European Union level and at national levels. The main benefit of the approach is to encourage cross-fertilization across several fields. Concepts and tools from policy studies and comparative politics are used to inform phenomena that have been investigated until recently mainly by international relations scholars. |
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