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Author : Caelesta Poppelaars
Release : 2009
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Book Synopsis Steering a Course between Friends and Foes by : Caelesta Poppelaars
Download or read book Steering a Course between Friends and Foes written by Caelesta Poppelaars. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. Halpin
Release : 2011-12-12
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Scale of Interest Organization in Democratic Politics by : D. Halpin
Download or read book The Scale of Interest Organization in Democratic Politics written by D. Halpin. This book was released on 2011-12-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the need for political science to pay more attention to complex interactions involving politically relevant groups. Distinguished contributors report on data from around the world and at different levels of political decision making – from 'below the radar' in local communities to global negations at the World Trade Organization.
Author : Julia Metz
Release : 2015-08-11
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 235/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The European Commission, Expert Groups, and the Policy Process by : Julia Metz
Download or read book The European Commission, Expert Groups, and the Policy Process written by Julia Metz. This book was released on 2015-08-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the assumption that policy makers' work with advisory committees is emblematic of technocratic governance. Analyzing how and why the European Commission uses expert groups in the policy process, it shows that experts not only solve technical problems, but also function as political devices and negotiators in modern governance.
Author : Rudy B. Andeweg
Release : 2020-07-30
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 298/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives by : Rudy B. Andeweg
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives written by Rudy B. Andeweg. This book was released on 2020-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political executives have been at the centre of public and scholarly attention long before the inception of modern political science. In the contemporary world, political executives have come to dominate the political stage in many democratic and autocratic regimes. The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives marks the definitive reference work in this field. Edited and written by a team of word-class scholars, it combines substantive stocktaking with setting new agendas for the next generation of political executive research.
Author : Beate Kohler-Koch
Release : 2013-07-25
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 100/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis De-Mystification of Participatory Democracy by : Beate Kohler-Koch
Download or read book De-Mystification of Participatory Democracy written by Beate Kohler-Koch. This book was released on 2013-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searching for a way out, academics, EU institutions, and political forces advocate the involvement of civil society. The Commission's new governance approach and the Lisbon Treaty introduced elements of participatory democracy and elevated civil society to a key actor in democratizing the EU. Does this hold upon closer scrutiny? This is the main question of the book. It investigates how the promise of civil society participation is put into practice and, based on an elaborate theoretical framework, evaluates whether the political practice deserves the quality attribute 'participatory democracy'. The book presents the results of a large research project composed of several highly original empirical studies. The research team used various methodological approaches and generated a rich data set. The wealth of empirical insight is evaluated against clear criteria deduced from normative democratic theory. As key elements of the analyses - democracy, participation, and civil society - are contested concepts, the authors placed particular emphasize on clarifying their understanding of these concepts and on considering competing interpretations. By relying on a consistent theoretical approach the authors present an unusually balanced evaluation. They come to convincing, though rather skeptical conclusions. Civil society participation in EU governance is not the democratic remedy its advocates had hoped for. This may not be a welcome but nevertheless it is an important finding both for European decision-makers, for civil society organizations and for scholars.
