Governance beyond the State - The EU as Diverse International Actor

As stressed by the various streams of governance research, public policymaking is by far not limited to the state. On the one hand, Easton’s classic “black box” of governmental policy production in response to external demands, is permeated by various private actors, public policy making inside the state is thus rather fluid. On the other hand, international or supranational bodies produce key public policies, ranging from non-binding international law and standards to binding commitments. This panel invites analyses that focus explicitly on public policy production but also implementation (or even enforcement) that is not primarily delivered by the state. The panel aims to put studies on theoretical and empirical findings about how public policy that is not state centred evolves by putting recent academic insights into dialogue.