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A debate has emerged between S. Hix and S. Bartolini on the plausibility and desirability of the politicization of the EU. By this it is usually meant a more important role for mass, competitive, and partisan politics both on the input- (expression of preferences) and on the output-...
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In a series of recent papers, Giandomenico Majone and Andrew Moravcsik have ‘raised the bar’ in the debate over the so-called ‘democratic deficit’ in the European Union. These two influential scholars both contend that much of the existing analysis is flawed and that the EU is as...
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One of the most common arguments about ‘new governance’ is that it is characterised by heterarchy rather than by hierarchy, creating horizontal modes of governance among a multitude of actors – public and private – involving all relevant stakeholders. Often implicitly, but sometimes...
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legitimacy. With regard to the EU, participation of civil society organisations are officially seen as a means of bridging the … legitimacy of the EU and is instrumental to institutional power games of the European Commission and the European Parliament …
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three critical questions concerning the OMC’s legitimacy (its relation to subsidiarity, the ‘Community Method’, and …, governance, and mutual learning. I argue that both the democratic legitimacy and the practical effectiveness of existing OMC …
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build legitimacy by shaping identity with university academics and management. In undertaking this research we draw on 63 … complement and reinforce preliminary legitimacy claims made through conformance and manipulation. We discuss the potential …
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depoliticization. As the experience of the EU suggests, the combination of popular democracy and legitimacy is proving increasingly …
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In science, research teams are increasing in size, which suggests that science is becoming more organisational. This … paper aims to empirically investigate the effects of the division of labour in management and science on serendipity, which … has been considered one of the great factors in science. Specifically, in examining the survey of scientists conducted in …
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The science-technology-innovation system is one that is continuously and rapidly evolving. The dramatic growth over the … last 20 years in the use of science, technology and innovation (STI) indicators appears first and foremost to be the result … growing interest might be expected in societies that increasingly use organised science and technology to achieve a wide …
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international levels, TA has the potential to enhance the roles of science, technology and innovation towards achieving the … foster both technical robustness and social legitimacy in subsequent policy-making. Drawing on three empirical case studies …
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