Infrastructures of expertise: policy convergence and the implementation of the EU Nitrates Directive in Poland
Access to the EU leads to a process of policy convergence in which member states’ institutions and policy cultures become increasingly adapted to align with an EU governance system. Especially in EU environmental policy, knowledge and expertise are key aspects of the institutions
and policy cultures that are adapted in this process, which ideally results in the alignment of EU policy and administrative arrangements of member states. This paper offers a historical analysis of the Nitrates Directive's implementation in Poland and shows how increasing convergence of Polish
institutions and cultures of expertise with EU policy occurred in response to the directive's requirements. The results highlight that (1) knowledge and expertise are central to policy convergence processes and that (2) institutions and cultures of expertise are entwined in ‘infrastructures
of expertise’. The paper concludes with a call for more consideration of the science–policy interface in policy convergence processes related to Europeanisation.
Keywords: Europeanisation; Nitrates Directive; policy convergence; science–policy interface
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Publication date: 06 December 2018
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