Faculteit der Cultuur- en Maatschappijwetenschappen
Lobbying and Expertise in the European Policy Process
Volledige vakbeschrijving
This module focuses on the role and meaning of information and expertise in ‘bureaucratic politics’. The emphasis of this module is on the ‘politics of information’ within the EU, i.e. on the choices made in the process of institutionalisation, eventual standardisation or even quantification of information, and on the actors and interests involved in this process. In the research workshop that is integrated in the seminar students will do empirical research on EU agencies and combine their empirical findings with theoretical insights gained during the seminars. Students are expected to apply either qualitative or quantitative research methods, which are taught in the methodology track. Hence the workshop is open to research questions that are focused either more on tracing processes of institutionalization in case studies of specific EU agencies, or on analyzing the conditions, which contextualize such processes in a cross-case manner by looking at multiple EU agencies and/or national and international actors (across time). The research done during this workshop thus forms the lynchpin between theories and methods.Doelstellingen van dit vak
This module focuses on the role and meaning of information and expertise in ‘bureaucratic politics’. The emphasis of this module is on the ‘politics of information’ within the EU, i.e. on the choices made in the process of institutionalisation, eventual standardisation or even quantification of information, and on the actors and interests involved in this process. In the research workshop that is integrated in the seminar students will do empirical research on EU agencies and combine their empirical findings with theoretical insights gained during the seminars. Students are expected to apply either qualitative or quantitative research methods, which are taught in the methodology track. Hence the workshop is open to research questions that are focused either more on tracing processes of institutionalization in case studies of specific EU agencies, or on analyzing the conditions, which contextualize such processes in a cross-case manner by looking at multiple EU agencies and/or national and international actors (across time). The research done during this workshop thus forms the lynchpin between theories and methods.Voorwaarden
RES5030Aanbevolen literatuur
Selection: - March, J.G. and. Simon H.A ([1958] 1993). Organizations. Cambridge (Mass.): Blackwell Publ. Tushman, M.L. & Nadler D. A. (1978), “Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organizational Design”, Academy of Management Review 3, pp. 613 – 623 (E-journal) - Beach, L.R. and Mitchell, T.R. (1978), A Contingency Model for the Selection of Decision Strategies. Academy of Management Review (July) pp.439 – 449 (E-journal) - Kahneman, D. & Tversky A. (1984), “Choices, Values and Frames”, American Psychologist Vol. 39, No. 4 , pp. 341 -350 - Payne, J.W., Bettman, J.R. and Johnson, E.J. (1988), Adaptive Strategy Selection in Decision Making, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition 14 (3), pp. 534 – 552 - Moe, T. M. (1991), “Politics and the Theory of Organization”, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 7, pp.106 – 129 - Majone, G. (1997). ‘The New European Agencies: Regulation by Information’, Journal of European Public Policy, 4 (2), pp. 262-275.(E-journal) - Thatcher, M. (2002), “Delegation to Independent Regulatory Agencies: Pressures, Functions and Contextual Mediation”, West European Politics Vol. 25 no. 1, pp 125 – 147 (E-journal) - Keleman D. R. (2002), “The Politics of ‘Eurocratic’ Structure and the New European Agencies”, West European Politics Vol. 25 no.4, pp. 93 – 118 (E-journalRES5006
Periode 4
3 feb 2025
4 apr 2025
Studiepunten:
8.0Coördinator:
Onderwijsmethode:
PBL, Lecture(s)Evaluatiemethoden:
Final paper, PresentationTrefwoorden:
Information, standardization, expertise, bureaucratic politics.