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European Union governance : effectiveness and legitimacy in European Commission committees / Karen Heard-Laureote.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heard-Lauréote, Karen, author.
- Series:
- Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series ; 13.
- Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies ; 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European Commission. Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
- European Commission.
- European Commission. Environment Directorate-General.
- European Commission. Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General.
- Advisory boards--European Union countries.
- Advisory boards.
- European Union countries--Politics and government.
- European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2010.
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The European Commission has increasingly focused on the benefits it can derive from the greater participation of organized civil society in its role and activities. In the face of general decline in public trust in the institutions of government, it facilitated and encouraged new channels of access and consultation opportunities as a means to legitimize its position within the European political system.Karen Heard-Lauréote's comparative analysis of four European Commission advisory forums innovatively investigates the existence of a conflict between the capacities of such foru
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Content; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1 Legitimacy and effectiveness - two principal standards of good governance; 2 Assessing (input/output) legitimacy; 3 The EU Eco-Labelling Board Consultation Forum; 4 The European Health Policy Forum; 5 The Trade Contact Group and Civil Society Dialogue; 6 The Agricultural Advisory Groups; Conclusion: Trapped between legitimacy claims - managing expectations for ECAFs; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-97793-7
- 1-136-97794-5
- 1-282-58662-9
- 9786612586620
- 0-203-85262-1
- 9780203852620
- OCLC:
- 609859014
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