Policy harmonization : limits and alternatives
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Journal of comparative policy analysis : research and practice, 2014, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 4-21
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MAJONE, Giandomenico, Policy harmonization : limits and alternatives, Journal of comparative policy analysis : research and practice, 2014, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 4-21 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33692
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Globalization is an important reason for the current interest in the harmonization of national policies. In the European Community/Union harmonization of the national laws and policies of the member states was one of three legal techniques the Rome Treaty made available for establishing and maintaining a common market. The long history of policy harmonization in the EC/EU provides a good empirical basis for a more general analysis of the benefits and costs of a centralized approach to transnational policymaking. The main alternative to centralized harmonization is competition among different approaches to comparable policy problems.