ABOUT BOOK

"“Unintended consequences” is an umbrella concept. It comprises ~phenomena that differ in crucial respects and consequently, without ~refinement, it remains a rather blunt instrument for policy ~analysis. The contributions in this volume, however, show that ~disentangling unintended consequences by making clear distinctions ~between various types, makes the concept much more useful ~for policy analysis. Assessing the impact of EU foreign policies as ~studied in this volume, we show that “bonuses”, “windfalls”, “accidents”, ~and “trade-offs” – all unintended – are very different when ~it comes to the explanation of policy outcomes, or to allocating ~responsibility for them."