Executive governance of EU research policy: an organisation theory perspective

Arbeitspapier | Working paper

The paper proceeds as follows: The first section sketches some main theoretical arguments concerning the dynamics of executive governance: first a set of arguments based on organisation theory is developed, after which we look into how policies can determine politics. The subsequent section outlines how executive governance has developed in EU research policy, reviewing the studies that form the basis for claims of technocratic dominance, segmentation and path dependence particular to EU research policy. Finally an overview is given of some main developments in the executive governance of research policy in the last decade, looking first into change and stability in its structure and capacity at the European level and then on empirical patterns of executive governance in committees and networks as evidenced in data on the Commission's expert group system. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 44
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Zivilgesellschaft, Konflikte und Demokratie, Schumpeter-Nachwuchsgruppe Positionsbildung in der EU-Kommission (SP IV 2012-502)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Wissenschaftssoziologie, Wissenschaftsforschung, Technikforschung, Techniksoziologie ; Europapolitik ; EU ; Forschungspolitik ; Organisationstheorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gornitzka, Åse
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
• (where): Deutschland, Berlin
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70786
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST