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WHAT’S AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO DO? IDEAS , INSTRUMENTS AND THE CAPABILITIES-EXPECTATIONS GAP

WHAT’S AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO DO? IDEAS , INSTRUMENTS AND THE CAPABILITIES-EXPECTATIONS GAP. Claire A. Dunlop Claudio M. Radaelli Duncan Russel University of Exeter (UK). Ideal Types of Apprasial . Ideal types: Instrument of Political Control. Instrument for Instrumental learning

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WHAT’S AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO DO? IDEAS , INSTRUMENTS AND THE CAPABILITIES-EXPECTATIONS GAP

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  1. WHAT’S AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO DO?IDEAS, INSTRUMENTS AND THE CAPABILITIES-EXPECTATIONS GAP Claire A. DunlopClaudio M. RadaelliDuncan Russel University of Exeter (UK)

  2. Ideal Types of Apprasial • Ideal types: • Instrument of Political Control. • Instrument for Instrumental learning • Dialogic Instrument • Perfunctory/symbolic Instrument

  3. Research Questions • RQ1 - Do the four types of RIA exist in Europe? • RQ2 - How does interaction among constellations of actors involved in specific appraisals drive RIA towards one type of another? • RQ3 - What are the scope conditions for the different usages? • RQ4 - What are the wider political implications of different RIA types for the analysis of policy instruments?

  4. Methods • Meta Analysis of existing RIA case studies: univariate and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) techniques • Scored case studies on the basis of 42 variables; coded relevant variables for QCA • 32 case studies from EVIA, MATISSE (FP7), TEP, and Meuwese (2008)

  5. Findings RQ1 RQ1 - Do the four types of RIA exist in Europe? Find examples of all types: • Political 13 • Bureaucratic learning 13 • Dialogic 5 • Symbolic 17 Many perform more than one role

  6. Findings RQ2 RQ2 - How does interaction among constellations of actors involved in specific appraisals drive RIA towards one type of another? • Different actors apply different meanings – balance of power, resources, issues to be addressed • Art of convening (Rein, 2006) shared notion of RIA • Manipulation of learning

  7. Findings RQ3 RQ3 - What are the scope conditions for the different usages? • Indentified various pathways for using RIA, e.g. - political control (oversight by reg body) = lack of distributive effects, lack of tradeoffs - dialogue = affected industry, distance of elected politicians, constrained resources - bureaucratic learning = early start of the appraisal process, use of external consultants

  8. Findings RQ4 RQ4 - What are the wider political implications of different RIA types for the analysis of policy instruments? - Politics of reframing - Multiplication of meanings - Consequences for the policy mix - Institutional-constitutional implications

  9. Conclusions • Ideational politics and policy instruments • Normative implications Using case studies to learn about good practice in RIA Steering RIAs towards instrumental learning • Limitations (data, jurisdictions) • Further research

  10. Thank you! Credits: Martino Maggetti (Lausanne and Zurich), Samuele Dossi (Exeter). Project funded by the European Research Council, Advanced Grant on Analysis of Learning in Regulatory Governance Comments : C.Radaelli@ex.ac.uk

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