The institutionalisation process of CFSP: a historical institutionalist approach

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The institutionalisation process of CFSPa
historical institutionalist approach

• Ana E. Juncos
• Loughborough University

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OVERVIEW RESEARCH PROJECT
Coherence and effectiveness of CFSP/ESDP
(1991-2004)
CFSP POLICIES CFSP
INSTITUTIONALISATION MS
IDENTITIES
MS
INTERESTS
Case study CFSP/ESDP activities in Bosnia and
Herzegovina (1991-2004)
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FACTORS IDENTIFIED IN THE POLITICAL AND ACADEMIC
DEBATE
INTERESTS

IDENTITIES INSTITUTIONS
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The three Is and the CFSP/ESDP

• INTERESTS Not fixed (they vary during actors
  interactions), endogenous, not only material, but
  also informed by ideational factors.
• INSTITUTIONS At the CFSP level, bureaucratic
  organisations, practices and norms.
• IDENTITIES The understanding of oneself in
  relationship to others, based on common norms and
  values.

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Assumptions about rationality

• Bounded rationality.
• Actors are conceived as being strategic within a
  specific social and normative framework.
• In a context of incomplete information, the
  institutional framework can provide some clues
  and patterns to decipher the environment and
  others behaviours in sum, to reduce
  uncertainty.
• The institutional framework will also affect
  actors identities through processes of
  socialisation, allowing for the exercise of
  social influence.

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Mechanisms for compliance or cooperation within
CFSP/ESDP

• Material side-payments or threats of sanctions.
• Persuasion (internalisation of values and norms).
• Social influence social rewards or threats
  (reputation, legitimacy, public shaming).

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A developmental model

• From a logic of consequentialism to a logic of
  appropriateness

Logic of consequentiality CFSP governance
regime Logic of appropriateness
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Historical institutionalism and the
institutionalisation of CFSP/ESDP

• To study the impact of CFSP/ESDP institutions
  over time.
• Because it allows for a developmental model to
  bridge the gap between rational and sociological
  approaches.
• To explore how past decisions can limit current
  decisions (path dependency), although there is
  still some scope for individuals initiative
  (learning from past experiences and new
  information available).
• It is compatible with a dialectical model
  structure-agency relationships.

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Three logics of the institutionalisation process

• The utilitarian logic
• The path dependent logic
• The socialisation logic

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Main theoretical problems and challenges for the
empirical research

• How to break the circle of causality?
• Predictive power under which conditions does
  path dependency occur?
• It mainly applies to the decision-making level,
  what implications for the implementation level?

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