„Deparlamentarisierung“ als Regierungsstil?

The epistemic quality of expertise: contextualized criteria for the multi-source, negotiated policy advice of stakeholder fora

“…The first part of this study (section 2) relies on empirically grounded research on advisory committees, on their composition and internal workings, their governance potential, political influence and their democratic accountability (cf. Beck 2012; Binderkrantz/Christiansen 2015;Brown et al 2005;Brown 2008;Christensen et al 2010;Gornitzka/Sverdrup 2011Hansen 2012;Krick 2013Krick , 2014Krick , 2015bKropp 2003;Lavertu/Weimer 2011;Metz 2013;Siefken 2007), and it draws on research on regimes of policy advice and governance (Egeberg et al 1981;Jasanoff 2005Jasanoff , 2011Lentsch/Weingart 2011;Lijphart 1999;Maasen/Weingart 2005;Olsen 1983).…”

“…While advisory committees are of course not formally authorised to make binding decisions and their advice will also usually not be implemented 1 to 1, their double authority is considerable and can provide these "quasi-legislative bod[ies]" (Brown 2008, 544) with a pronounced de facto influence on policy-making (Brown et al 2005, 85). Their negotiated outcomes cannot easily be ignored by decision makers, and even if the degree of direct diffusion is low, parts of the advice usually resonates strongly in the political sphere (Maasen/Weingart 2005, 15;Kropp 2003). Their visibility also makes it costly for policy-makers to take decisions that contradict committee advice, as Lavertu and Weimer (2011, 232) (Lijphart 1999, 42ff.).…”

“…for debates on these issues e.g. Brown 2008;Fischer 2009;Jasanoff 2003;Krick 2013;Kropp 2003). eliminating them, however.…”

“…2 Since it relies on multiple sources and is collectively and consensually agreed upon, it responds to the simultaneous demand for epistemic and political authority that democratic governments face today (Beck 2012, 2;Haas 2004, 575;Jasanoff 2005, 216;Straßheim/Kettunen 2014). This potentially 'double legitimacy' provides these committees with a pronounced political impact (Lavertu/Weimer 2011;Maasen/Weingart 2005;Kropp 2003). While the democratic implications of such an influence of private agents on public policies has been debated widely within research (cf.…”

“…e.g. Brown 2008;Fischer 2009;Holst/Molander 2014;Jasanoff 2003;Kropp 2003;Metz 2013;Nowotny 2001), this study focuses on the knowledge quality 3 of this particular kind of (non-scientific) expertise and asks: Under which conditions can we rely on this advice and let it inform our policies? Or, in other words: how do we judge the epistemic value of these committees' recommendations?…”