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EU Gas Security Architecture

The Role of the Commission’s Entrepreneurship

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Elina Brutschin

    1. Department of International Relations, Webster Vienna Private University, Vienna, Austria

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  • Sheds light on a key dimension of European integration and of international politics in Europe

  • Focuses on one of the main drivers behind the current EU gas security architecture – the European Commission

  • Assesses the extent of the Commission’s entrepreneurship to provide lessons for future complex policy endeavours

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-3

  3. Historical Background and Overview

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    Pages 5-25

  4. The European Commission as a Policy Actor

    • Elina Brutschin
    Pages 27-43

  5. Targeting Liberalisation

    • Elina Brutschin
    Pages 45-65

  6. Targeting Infrastructure

    • Elina Brutschin
    Pages 67-83

  7. The Way Forward

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    Pages 85-87

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 89-114
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About this book

This study traces the activities of the European Commission in the natural gas sector from 1990 to 2016, by concentrating on market liberalisation and infrastructure development as the main pillars of the European gas security architecture. By building on previous literature, the Commission's policymaking is analysed along its formal and informal powers in different energy security environments. In order to get a better understanding of the European energy market context, the reader is introduced into the historical development of the European energy policy in Chapter 2 and the literature on the European Union policymaking in Chapter 3. The analysis of the Commission's activities in the liberalisation (Chapter 4) and infrastructure (Chapter 5) sectors suggests that the Commission was able to effectively utilise networked governance during times when the demand for coordinated energy policies was low. This book will be of particular interest to those in the field of energy policies as well as EU policymaking.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of International Relations, Webster Vienna Private University, Vienna, Austria

    Elina Brutschin

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Elina Brutschin is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Webster University Vienna, Austria.

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