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'This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the European Commission's expert committees, drawing on quantitative data as well as on case studies. The expert group system has so far been seen as one of the main indicators of the Commission's predominantly technocratic nature. Metz challenges this view, showing that expert groups are parts of a basically political process, thus portraying the Commission more as a 'normal' political executive than as a technocratic body.' Professor Morten Egeberg, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway
'Julia Metz has produced a path-breaking study of an under-researched dimension of committee governance: the European Commission's expert groups. Drawing on resource dependency theory, and offering in-depth empirical findings, the book sheds light on the different ways (instrumental, consensus-building and substantiating) in which the Commission makes use of external expertise.' Professor Michelle Cini, Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics, University of Bristol, UK
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Book Title: The European Commission, Expert Groups, and the Policy Process
Book Subtitle: Demystifying Technocratic Governance
Authors: Julia Metz
Series Title: European Administrative Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137437235
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-43722-8Published: 03 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43723-5Published: 11 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2524-7263
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7271
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 243
Topics: European Union Politics, Public Policy, Political Science, Democracy, International Organization