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The ECJ as Agenda Setter in European Audiovisual Media Policy

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The role of the ECJ as a major catalyst for European integration has been widely recognized by legal commentators (Weiler, 1991; Due, 1992; Poiares Maduro, 1998; Hinarejos, 2011) and political scientists alike (Burley and Mattli, 1993; Alter & Meunier-Aitsahalia, 1994; Stone Sweet, 2004; Majone, 2005; Dehousse, 1998, referring to the juridification of the policy process’). The purpose of this chapter is to show how and to what extent the ECJ acted as agenda setter in the development of EU policy in the field of audiovisual media and influenced the outcome of the EU legislative process in that area.

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Arena, A. (2014). The ECJ as Agenda Setter in European Audiovisual Media Policy. In: Donders, K., Pauwels, C., Loisen, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137032195_13

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