The Expert-Executive Nexus in the EU: An Introduction

Gornitzka, Åse; Holst, Cathrine

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“…They have (1) a shared set of normative and principled beliefs […]; (2) shared causal beliefs, which are derived from their analysis of practices […]; (3) shared notions of validity -that is, intersubjective, internally defined criteria for weighing and validating knowledge […]; and (4) a common policy enterprise -that is, a set of common practices associated with a set of problems to which their professional competence is directed. (Haas, 1992, p. 3) Research that explores the role of epistemic communities in EU internal policies has identified several political and economic variables (such as power dynamics and antipathies between stakeholders, economic disparities and politicisation of issues) that determine their input in the decision-making process (Gornitzka & Holst, 2015;Howorth, 2004;Verdun, 1999). Yet, despite these restrictions, in most cases the conclusion is that their impact is significant.…”

Section: Epistemic Communities and The Use Of Expert Knowledge In The Enpmentioning

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The role of epistemic communities and expert knowledge in the European Neighbourhood Policy

Kourtelis

2020

Journal of European Integration

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This article fills a gap in the literature on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) by examining the role that epistemic communities play in the policy. It follows an interdisciplinary approach for categorising their role in the ENP and the use of their knowledge by policymakers. Based on the examination of two key areas of the ENP, anti-corruption and rural development, the study challenges one-dimensional assumptions, which claim that expertise and knowledge improve the technicaleconomic efficiency of EU policies. The findings of this research suggest that the knowledge of epistemic communities takes three different forms for policymakers: political/symbolic, instrumental and conceptual.

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The role of epistemic communities and expert knowledge in the European Neighbourhood Policy

Kourtelis

2020

Journal of European Integration

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“…Grupy interesu, a zwłaszcza te, które reprezentują wąskie sektory gospodarki, posiadają specjalistyczną wiedzę na temat specyfiki oraz problemów występujących w danej branży, której to wiedzy nie ma ustawodawca. Ich zasadniczą rolą jest zatem dostarczanie ustawodawcy specjalistycznego wkładu merytorycznego (Bouwen, 2002;Gornitzka, Holst, 2015). Trzecią funkcją, jaką grupy interesu pełnią w demokracji, jest funkcja kontrolna.…”

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(Nad)reprezentacja interesów w procesie kształtowania polityki publicznej na przykładzie obszaru prawno-autorskiego w Polsce

Vetulani-Cęgiel

2020

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Artykuł poświęcony jest problematyce reprezentacji interesów w procesie kształtowania polityki publicznej. W szczególności podejmuje kwestie związane z zarządzaniem regulacyjnym dotyczącym relacji z grupami interesu oraz strategii stosowanych przez interesariuszy w procesach konsultacyjnych. Ponadto omówiono rolę, jaką grupy interesu odgrywają w polityce publicznej. Analiza dotyczy działań polskich grup interesu w obszarze prawa autorskiego, który zasługuje na uwagę zarówno ze względu na różnorodność aktorów, jak i na asymetrię interesów. Przeprowadzona analiza pozwala stwierdzić, że działania podejmowane przez interesariuszy w zakresie wzmacniania reprezentacji swoich interesów prowadzą do "nadreprezentacji" tych interesów, co - przy braku odpowiednich mechanizmów zarządzania regulacyjnego w zakresie udziału stron w konsultacjach - zwiększa ryzyko wystąpienia zjawiska "zawłaszczania regulacji" przez podmioty. Dane zostały zebrane w ramach monitoringu legislacyjnego projektów ustaw prawno-autorskich procedowanych w latach 2013-2019, a także w toku wywiadów półustrukturyzowanych przeprowadzonych w latach 2015-2018. W celu zilustrowania strategii lobbingowych za-stosowano metodę analizy sieci społecznych.

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“…In this, higher education can be seen as a policy area that is becoming more important but through this is also treated less special and facing increased political pressure to perform (Gornitzka & Maassen, 2014). Indeed, there are also many democratic legitimacy control issues at stake when discussing the usage of knowledge (Gornitzka & Holst, 2015), and questions about the relative and actual policy effectiveness of the 'scientific approach' and policy design (Chou & Ravinet, 2016;del Rio, 2016).…”

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Higher education governance and policy: an introduction to multi-issue, multi-level and multi-actor dynamics

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This thematic issue introduces the multifaceted nature of contemporary public policy-its multi-level, multi-actor and multiissue features-using the case of higher education policies from around the world. To do so, this introduction first describes how higher education as a policy sector should be garnering far more attention from scholars interested in political, economic and social transformation. A framework for identifying and accounting for how the 'multi-s' characteristics configure and re-configure public policy is then introduced. Next, this thematic issue's contributions are summarized with highlights of how they bring to life the different 'multi-s' features. This introduction concludes with a discussion of what the proposed framework of the 'multi-s' offers to studies of higher education policy coordination. In so doing, the objectives of this thematic issue are to highlight what the case of higher education policy coordination offers to studies of public policy and to initiate a dialogue between all social scientists and practitioners interested in the increased complexity of governing, producing and using knowledge today. This thematic issue of Policy and Society focuses on the increased multifaceted characteristic of contemporary public policy (Peters, 2015). Using the case of higher education policies from around the world, we highlight the multi-level, multi-actor and multi-issue-'multi-s'nature of public policy in areas of growing international and political attention. The global shift towards knowledge-based economies and societies has placed 'knowledge' at the core of contemporary public policy and policy-making. The governance of knowledge, however, is not a neatly contained policy coordination exercise: it requires collaboration across multiple policy sectors that may have previously experienced very little or less interaction. A non-exhaustive list of relevant policy areas includes higher education, research, trade, foreign policy, development and home affairs (migration). Higher education policy coordination is thus permeated with respective sectoral concerns, with discussions taking place across distinct policy arenas, sometimes in silo, both inside and

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The Expert-Executive Nexus in the EU: An Introduction

Abstract: Expertise has played a pivotal role in EU executives since the European Union (EU) was established, but its significance is arguably increasing and takes on new shapes. This issue explores the role and use of expert knowledge in decision-making in and by EU executive institutions.

Cited by 36 publications

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The role of epistemic communities and expert knowledge in the European Neighbourhood Policy

The role of epistemic communities and expert knowledge in the European Neighbourhood Policy

(Nad)reprezentacja interesów w procesie kształtowania polityki publicznej na przykładzie obszaru prawno-autorskiego w Polsce

Higher education governance and policy: an introduction to multi-issue, multi-level and multi-actor dynamics

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