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"Preface" [2007] ELECD 173; in Christiansen, Thomas; Larsson, Torbjörn (eds), "The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007)

Book Title: The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union

Editor(s): Christiansen, Thomas; Larsson, Torbjörn

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845426224

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Preface

This book presents the results of long-standing research interests of the
editors and the contributors. A major part of the content is based on a
research project led by Guenther Schaefer at the European Institute of
Public Administration in Maastricht. This project, `Governance by
Committee, the Role of Committees in European Policy-Making and
Policy Implementation', was launched in 1999 and has been financed by
the European Commission as part of the EU's 5th Framework Programme,
`Improving the Socio-economic Knowledge Base'.
The project co-ordinator was the European Institute of Public
Administration and five partners participated ­ the Centre of European
Law at Kings's College London, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux,
Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de
Rennes, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and University of Cologne
Jean-Monnet Chair for Political Science. The aim was to generate new
knowledge with regard to the practical procedures and processes in the
EU policy-making process, challenging some of the existing theories of
the day ­ by means of extensive and thoroughly empirical research.
This volume can be seen as an extension and expansion of that original
research project. Authors have updated their initial findings and related
areas that were not included in the original project have been added. The
material on specific types of committees has been put into the context of
a wider analytical structure that includes themes such as deliberation vs.
strategic bargaining; formalisation vs. informality in EU policy-making;
and related ...