La Comisión Europea como intermediario en las redes de políticas públicas

Susana Borrás

doi:10.24965/gapp.v0i1.411

Authors

Susana Borrás

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.v0i1.411

Keywords:

European Commission, policy networks, codecision procedure, open method of coordination, European Employment Strategy, genetically modified organisms, interest intermediation

Abstract

Recent transformations in the European Union have been putting significant pressure on the management function of the European Commission. Examining its brokerage position in policy networks, this article asks what kind of role does the Commission have in the political interactions in Brussels after the year 2000. Developing a conceptual framework about brokerage roles in EU policy, the article uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative data in an empirical analysis of two extreme cases where the Commission has been embattled the past years. The article argues that previous reports of the Commission’s demise are much exaggerated, because it continues playing a leading role in managing interaction between multiple actors at different levels of governance. The empirical results show that the Commission is a resilient central network broker.

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Author Biography

Susana Borrás

Politóloga. Doctora por el Instituto Europeo de Florencia y Catedrática del International Center for Business and Politics de la Copenhagen Business School (Dinamarca). Sus líneas de investigación se centran en gobernanza europea y gobernanza de la ciencia y la innovación. En estas materias ha publicado artículos en las revistas West European Politics, Journal of European Integration, Technological Forecasting and Social Change y Journal of European Public Policy. Es editora para Europa de la revista Science and Public Policy.

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