Chapter 9 EU External Action, Intention and Explanation

Download or read book Chapter 9 EU External Action, Intention and Explanation written by Frank de Zwart and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Unintended consequences" is an umbrella concept. It comprises phenomena that differ in crucial respects and consequently, without refinement, it remains a rather blunt instrument for policy analysis. The contributions in this volume, however, show that disentangling unintended consequences by making clear distinctions between various types, makes the concept much more useful for policy analysis. Assessing the impact of EU foreign policies as studied in this volume, we show that "bonuses", "windfalls", "accidents", and "trade-offs" - all unintended - are very different when it comes to the explanation of policy outcomes, or to allocating responsibility for them."