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dc.contributor.authorHolst, Cathrinede
dc.contributor.authorMoodie, John R.de
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-27T08:22:04Z
dc.date.available2015-10-27T08:22:04Z
dc.date.issued2015de
dc.identifier.issn2183-2463de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45133
dc.description.abstractThe European Commission has faced increasing criticism that its use of expertise in policy-making is undemocratic and politicized. In response to critics, the Commission has produced a number of publicly available documents where its expert policies and practices are outlined and discussed. Cynics view public communications of this nature with skepticism, as organizations tend to adopt "smooth talk" and cosmetic rhetoric designed to placate critics and create a façade of compliance aimed at decreasing external pressure. An alternative deliberative approach, would expect the Commission to engage in a relatively open, reflective and reason-based interchange. The article's main aim is to assess the relative merits of these two approaches in capturing the Commission's framing of its public communication. Cynical expectations, prevalent among Commission critics, are confirmed by the Commission's silence on unpleasant topics including the undemocratic nature of existing expertise arrangements and the strategic uses of knowledge in EU policy-making. However, firm regulatory initiatives and the Commission's critical engagement with democratization demands and possible goal conflicts within their critics' agenda give significant leverage to a deliberative approach.en
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcPolitikwissenschaftde
dc.subject.ddcPolitical scienceen
dc.subject.ddcPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.subject.ddcNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.titleCynical or deliberative?: an analysis of the European Commission's public communication on its use of expertise in policy-makingde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/politicsandgovernance/article/view/240de
dc.source.journalPolitics and Governance
dc.source.volume3de
dc.publisher.countryMISC
dc.source.issue1de
dc.subject.classozInterpersonal Communicationen
dc.subject.classozPolitical Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Cultureen
dc.subject.classozEuropapolitikde
dc.subject.classozEuropean Politicsen
dc.subject.classozinterpersonelle Kommunikationde
dc.subject.classozpolitische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kulturde
dc.subject.thesozEuropäische Kommissionde
dc.subject.thesozEuropean Commissionen
dc.subject.thesozKnow-Howde
dc.subject.thesozknow howen
dc.subject.thesozDemokratisierungde
dc.subject.thesozdemocratizationen
dc.subject.thesozWissende
dc.subject.thesozknowledgeen
dc.subject.thesozöffentliche Kommunikationde
dc.subject.thesozpublic communicationsen
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennungde
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attributionen
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dc.type.documentjournal articleen
dc.source.pageinfo37-48de
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dc.source.issuetopicThe role of expert knowledge in EU executive institutionsde
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i1.240de
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dc.description.pubstatusPublished Versionen
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