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Adoption of EU Business and Human Rights Policy

The Use of Discretion in the National Transposition of EU Directives

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Peter Drahn

    1. Jean Monnet Chair—Department of Political Science and European Affairs, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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  • First book to explore the transposition of EU directives in business and human rights policies
  • Approaches the topic from both a theoretical and historic-political perspective
  • Links corporatism in political economies with government behaviour in terms of business and human rights policy

Part of the book series: Contributions to Political Science (CPS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 1-16

  3. Business and Human Rights: A New and Contentious EU Policy Area

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 17-48

  4. Theoretical Explanations for the Domestic Impact of EU Law

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 49-96

  5. Research Design

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 97-120

  6. Empirical Analysis I: Transposition of the Directives

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 121-176

  7. Empirical Analysis II: Explanation of Transposition Variation

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 177-226

  8. Conclusion

    • Peter Drahn
    Pages 227-251

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 253-266
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About this book

This book explores how and why the transposition of EU directives in the new and contentious policy area ‘Business and Human Rights’ differs between member states. It reveals the extent to which individual member states are pursuing diverging approaches in dealing with the ‘discretionary space’ in EU directives, and highlights theoretical and political explanations. Drawing on historical institutionalism and rational choice institutionalism, the book establishes a link between the degree of corporatism in a given political economy and government behaviour in terms of Business and Human Rights policy. Moreover, it identifies political salience within the policy subsystem as a pertinent factor for explaining national transposition outcomes. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Jean Monnet Chair—Department of Political Science and European Affairs, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Peter Drahn

About the author

Peter Drahn, Ph.D., is a political scientist at the University of Cologne, Germany. His research chiefly focuses on EU compliance in the field of corporate responsibility regulation.

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