@inbook{617ccfbd326440758252e46e6d7af56f,
title = "Single Policy Study: Three Variations in Design",
abstract = "Single policy studies are the most common form of European Union (EU) research. Single policy studies are widely used to understand the role of the EU in a wide variety of sectors, together with their development over time, and often offer public policy prescriptions. This chapter discusses the relevance of single policy studies in EU research and give examples of how such research can be designed and carried out. The chapter reviews three examples of single policy studies using different methods based on EU environmental policy, the EU biofuels directive, and the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The examples are illustrative of how single policy studies can be designed to use different approaches in the analysis: multiple streams approach to policy-making; a comparative hypothesis testing; and feminist institutional theory. ",
keywords = "Faculty of Social Sciences, European Union, research methods, single policy study",
author = "Annica Kronsell and Manners, {Ian James}",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
language = "English",
isbn = "9780230363052",
series = "Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "86--101",
editor = "Kennet Lynggaard and Ian Manners and Karl L{\"o}fgren",
booktitle = "Research Methods in European Union Studies",
address = "United Kingdom",
}