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Original Articles

Actors and Their Representations in Shipping Policy: Developing the European Maritime Safety Agency

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Pages 697-713 | Received 09 Nov 2010, Accepted 15 Jun 2012, Published online: 15 Aug 2012
 

Abstract

This paper discusses the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). Through a chronological reconstruction, the study looks at the events that lead to the official birth of the Agency in 2003 and how it developed to its current state. The conceptual framework draws from cognitive policy analysis, a French political science perspective related to new institutionalisms. This approach emphasizes the role of the actors' own representations of their sector and the ways they fit within the socioeconomic system as a whole. This highlights the evolution of the stakeholders' positions and influence throughout the development process. Findings suggest that although considerable discrepancies between European representatives and those of the shipping industry were present in the context leading to EMSA's creation, the Agency has now established a working consensus confirming a greater implication of European authorities in the regulation of international shipping. The work also suggests that a greater attention to plays of power among stakeholders and how they translate in their representations could be pertinent to strengthen research in shipping policy.

Acknowledgement

This research was made possible through the financial support of Transport Québec and the St Lawrence Economic Development Council for the Maritime Transport Research Chair at Université du Québec à Rimouski. However, views expressed here are the sole responsibility of their authors.

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