Abstract Few court cases in the history of European integration have been more controversial than decisions Court Justice EU and German Federal Constitutional on Central Bank's public sector asset purchase programmes. This article regards consistency coherence case law as uncontroversial minimum conditions that to be satisfied for gain legitimacy. It assesses against this benchmark determines l...

DUEUNG THE lATE apartheid era, the South African economy was both weakened by sanctions and disinvestment, and sheltered by the then government's protectionist policies. Democratization has brought with it both the lifting of embargos, and the phasing out of tariff barriers and decentralization incentives, which offered substantial state subsidies for industries located near the former bantusta...

The literature on policy coherence (PC) examines contradictions and synergies between policies. This systematic review explores factors that facilitate or disrupt PC in the environmental field. Based 70 empirical studies, this research describes evolution of literature, identifying eight critical factors. Furthermore, study identifies six avenues for future PC, such as methodological innovation...

Climate change is an existential threat to small island developing states. Policy coherence aims create synergies and avoid conflicts between policies. Mainstreaming adaptation across multiple sectors achieving greater amongst policies needed. The paper applies qualitative document analysis, content expert interviews examine the degree of climate-sensitive sector in framing climate goals outlin...

Behavioral policies Nudge and Boost are often advocated as good candidates for evidence-based policy. Nudges present or “frame” options in a way that trigger people’s decision-making flaws steer into the direction of better choices. aims to do this without changing themselves. Boosts also choices alternative ways options. However, rather than steering, aimed increase competences. originated ext...

In 2008 the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) launched The ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade. This interdisciplinary platform of climate change, agricultural and trade experts seeks to promote increased policy coherence to ensure effective climate change mitigation and...

John Rawls's Theory of Justice has been widely and correctly recognized as a tremendous intellectual accomplishment. It has been applauded as a comprehensive and satisfying approach to the problem of defining justice. Health policy analysts and medical ethicists have thus been inspired to apply Rawls's principles to various health care issues. The result has not been greater coherence in approa...

This paper is about the changing relationship between humanitarian aid and ‘politics’. Specifically, it is concerned to unpack the much touted calls for increased ‘coherence’ between political and humanitarian responses to complex emergencies. It argues that by sleight of hand, the coherence agenda has been reinterpreted such that humanitarian action has become the primary form of political act...