The European Commission, expert groups and the policy process : demystifying technocratic governance /: demystifying technocratic governance. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Julia Metz.
• Authors: Metz, Julia
• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Expert groups: What do we know from the literature? -- 1.2. Expert groups in the policy process and the role of resource dependencies -- 1.3. Investigating European Commission expert groups -- 1.4. Outline of the book -- PART II: A RELATIONSHIP OF RESOURCE DEPENDENCIES -- 2.1. Resource dependence theory -- 2.2. The European Commission as a resource-dependent organization -- 2.3. The European Commission's demand for resources -- 2.4. A typology of expert-group use -- 2.5. Determinants of the European Commission's use of expert groups -- 2.6. Conclusion -- PART III: A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW -- 3.1. Expert groups explained -- 3.2. Quantitative analysis: Challenging the myth of technocracy -- 3.3. Conclusion -- PART IV: TECHNICAL ADVICE UNITED WITH POLITICAL AGENDA SETTING -- 4.1. The Information Society Technologies Advisory Group -- 4.2. Providing expertise to the Sixth Framework Programme -- 4.3. Supporting DG Information Society's budget request for the Seventh Framework Programme -- 4.4. Conclusion -- PARTV: POWERFULLY SHAPING THE COMMISSION'S RESEARCH AGENDA -- 5.1. The European Research Advisory Board -- 5.2. The expert group's strong impact on the Seventh Framework Programme -- 5.3. Giving credence to DG Research's position on the European Institute of Technology -- 5.4. Conclusion -- PART VI: A REALITY CHECK AND CLEARING HOUSE -- 6.1. The Enterprise Policy Group -- 6.2. A brief encounter between the expert group and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme -- 6.3. Conclusion -- PART VII: ACCUMULATING POLITICAL AMMUNITION -- 7.1. The European Research Area Expert Group on Research Infrastructures -- 7.2. Defending the Commission's legal framework for a European Research Infrastructure -- 7.3. Conclusion -- PART VIII: A CROSS-SECTORAL VIEW -- 8.1. Insights from the case studies: Resource dependencies and administrative culture -- 8.2. Expert-group use across policy areas -- 8.3. Conclusion -- PART IX: CONCLUSION: TECHNOCRATIC GOVERNANCE BETWEEN MYTH AND REALITY -- 9.1. Resource dependencies revisited -- 9.2. The European Commission, expert groups, and the policy process: New insights -- 9.3. Beyond the European Union: The relationship between policy makers and experts -- 9.4. Expert groups, legitimacy, and transparency : and what to do about it.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.242/226; Political science; Executive advisory bodies -- European Union countries; Political planning -- European Union countries; Bureaucracy -- European Union countries; European Union; Public policy; Democracy; International organization; LAW -- International; EU & European institutions -- EU (European Union); Central government policies -- EU (European Union); Political structure & processes -- EU (European Union); UE/CE Commission; UE/CE Relations interinstitutionnelles; UE/CE Institutions et organes; UE/CE Politique; Technocratie; Bureaucracy; Executive advisory bodies; Political planning; International institutions -- EU (European Union); Central -- national -- federal government policies -- EU (European Union); Political structure & processes -- EU (European Union); Politics and Government; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Public administration; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; International institutions; Politics & government; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137437235; 1137437235; 9781137437228; 1137437227; 9781137437242; 1137437243
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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