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The Institutional Ingredients of Polycrisis Management: Unpacking European Council’s Handling of the Energy Crisis by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

“…This article analyses how the European Council and the institutional infrastructure that supports it have been managing the early stages of the energy crisis…”
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The unseen hand in treaty reform negotiations: the role and influence of the Council Secretariat by Beach, Derek

“…The Council Secretariat is the unseen hand in treaty reform negotiations - highly influential but also overlooked. This article highlights the significance of…”
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It's all about mechanisms - what process-tracing case studies should be tracing by Beach, Derek

“…Process-tracing (PT) as a distinct case-study methodology involves tracing causal mechanisms that link causes (X) with their effects (i.e. outcomes) (Y). We…”
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Achieving Methodological Alignment When Combining QCA and Process tracing in Practice by Beach, Derek

“…This article explores the practical challenges one faces when combining qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and process tracing (PT) in a manner that is…”
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Evidential pluralism and evidence of mechanisms in the social sciences by Beach, Derek

“…Is evidential pluralism possible when we move to the social sciences, and if so, to what degree? What are the analytical benefits? The answer put forward in…”
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New institutional leadership goes viral EU crisis reforms and the coming about of the covid recovery fund by SMEETS, SANDRINO, BEACH, DEREK

“…This article reconstructs the coming about of the 750 billion EU Covid Recovery Fund. We provide an embedded process‐tracing analysis of the dynamics from…”
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'It takes three to tango': new inter-institutional dynamics in managing major crisis reform by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

“…This paper provides an in-depth reconstruction of the (failed) reform of the EU's Common European Asylum System. Even though this was essentially a legislative…”
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The European Union Response to the Inflation Reduction Act: An Assessment of the European Council System Beyond Crisis by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

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Intergovernmentalism and its implications - new institutional leadership in major EU reforms by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

“…This paper contributes to a new understanding of the role and influence of the EU institutions in dealing with major EU reforms. Many have argued that, due to…”
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Introduction: Political agency in the constitutional politics of the European Union by Beach, Derek, Christiansen, Thomas

“…This serves as an introduction for a special journal issue. It is argued that the details behind political agency of constitutional design is especially…”
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Integrating Cross-case Analyses and Process Tracing in Set-Theoretic Research: Strategies and Parameters of Debate by Beach, Derek, Rohlfing, Ingo

“…In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the combination of two methods on the basis of set theory. In our introduction and this special issue,…”
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When success is an orphan: informal institutional governance and the EU-Turkey deal by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

“…This article traces the role of the EU institutions in the process leading up to the EU-Turkey Action Plan and EU-Turkey Statement. The EU-Turkey deal is the…”
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Selecting Appropriate Cases When Tracing Causal Mechanisms by Beach, Derek, Pedersen, Rasmus Brun

“…The last decade has witnessed resurgence in the interest in studying the causal mechanisms linking causes and effects. This article games through the…”
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Political and instrumental leadership in major EU reforms. The role and influence of the EU institutions in setting-up the Fiscal Compact by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

“…This paper analyses the role and influence of the EU institutions in major reform negotiations. We argue that one of the paradoxes of European Council…”
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The unseen hands: Collaborative instrumental leadership in the British renegotiation case by BEACH, DEREK, SMEETS, SANDRINO

“…The article contends that an important but overlooked explanation for the European Union's resilience in the past decade in the face of several existential…”
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The long shadow of attitudes: differential campaign effects and issue voting in EU referendums by Beach, Derek, Finke, Daniel

“…Can voters be persuaded by referendum campaigns? This article develops a theoretical model that synthesises the existing literature on campaign effects and…”
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'It is like déjà vu all over again' an inside analysis of the management of EU migration reform by Smeets, Sandrino, Beach, Derek

“…This article analyses the EU's third attempt to reform its asylum and migration regime. Our focus is on process management. Instead of looking at positions or…”
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Once bitten, twice shy: The overgeneralization trap and epistemic learning after policy failure by Beach, Derek, Smeets, Sandrino

“…Why do smart policy makers who try to learn from policy failure end up overgeneralizing these lessons when facing new crises? This article focuses on the…”
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The contribution of process tracing to theory-based evaluations of complex aid instruments by Schmitt, Johannes, Beach, Derek

“…This article focuses on methodological challenges in evaluating complex program aid interventions like budget support. We show that recent innovations in…”
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The Great Divides: Incommensurability, the Impossibility of Mixed-Methodology, and What to Do about It by Beach, Derek, Kaas, Jonas Gejl

“…Abstract There is still significant confusion about how multimethod research can be undertaken and even if it is possible. The article makes the claims that…”
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