TY - JOUR
T1 - Europeanisation on demand
T2 - The EU cybersecurity certification regime between market integration and core state powers (1997-2019)
AU - Sivan-Sevilla, Ido
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Despite promises by European Union (EU) policymakers to fundamentally change cybersecurity certification, they have recently created a regime that is strikingly similar to already existing certification arrangements. How can we explain this puzzle? Through a process-Tracing analysis based on 41 documents and 18 interviews, this article traces the development of the EU cybersecurity certification regime over the past two decades. It deconstructs certification into standardisation, accreditation, certification, and evaluation; analyses how each regime component changed over time; and discusses to what extent causal mechanisms that are derived from classic theories of EU integration explain the limited nature of policy change. The observed dynamics uncover a Europeanization on Demand model that allows national authorities to completely control the extent of integration. This study challenges the dichotomous understanding portrayed by EU integration literature, of mutually exclusive dynamics of market or core state powers integration, highlighting intriguing political dynamics in EU cybersecurity policymaking.
AB - Despite promises by European Union (EU) policymakers to fundamentally change cybersecurity certification, they have recently created a regime that is strikingly similar to already existing certification arrangements. How can we explain this puzzle? Through a process-Tracing analysis based on 41 documents and 18 interviews, this article traces the development of the EU cybersecurity certification regime over the past two decades. It deconstructs certification into standardisation, accreditation, certification, and evaluation; analyses how each regime component changed over time; and discusses to what extent causal mechanisms that are derived from classic theories of EU integration explain the limited nature of policy change. The observed dynamics uncover a Europeanization on Demand model that allows national authorities to completely control the extent of integration. This study challenges the dichotomous understanding portrayed by EU integration literature, of mutually exclusive dynamics of market or core state powers integration, highlighting intriguing political dynamics in EU cybersecurity policymaking.
KW - certification
KW - cybersecurity
KW - EU integration
KW - multi-level governance
KW - policy change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095124805&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/s0143814x20000173
DO - 10.1017/s0143814x20000173
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AN - SCOPUS:85095124805
SN - 0143-814X
VL - 41
SP - 600
EP - 631
JO - Journal of Public Policy
JF - Journal of Public Policy
IS - 3
ER -