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Policy Networks Approach and the Analysis on European Foreign Policy Making Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The EU foreign policymaking under its multilevel governance system has its own characteristics and limitations in that it needs the Flexibility and resource application capacity of network organisations to overcome the complexity and hierarchy of the EU's formal decision making process and to improve the interestmediation and problem solving ability of the EU's foreign policy. The policy networks theory possesses obvious theoretical advantages ...
Pawns or pioneers? The logic of user participation in anti-poverty policy making in public policy units in Belgium Ghent University
Since anti-poverty policy-making in Belgium is embedded in a logic of user participation, social policy has shown interest in employing users with experience of poverty as experts in public policy units in order to implement and monitor anti-poverty policies. In this article, we discuss this recent development as a relevant case for contemporary public service delivery in the European context. In the light of the ambiguous practices of user ...
Policy making at the local level : an analysis of perspectives on barriers for policy integration Ghent University
This paper deals with politico-administrative relations in city organizations, in confrontation with complex policy issues that require a degree of integrated policy making. Doing so, we approach politico-administrative relations in a holistic way, as since the dominant models in the literature were formulated, the way we look at governments has also changed from an internal bilateral focus, gradually allowing for more complexity. Market and ...
Analysis of the decision-support function of policy assessment in real-world policy making in the field of poverty and social inequalities. Case study on migrant integration policies in the Brussels-Capital Region Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Looking over the wall: using a Haddon Matrix to guide public policy making on the problem of sudden cardiac arrest Ghent University University of Antwerp
Participation of civil society in EU trade policy making : how inclusive is inclusion? Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In response to growing contestation and politicisation of trade policy, policy makers have aimed to enhance the 'inclusiveness' of trade policy through the institutionalisation of deliberative forums in which civil society organisations participate. However, it is not clear whether these processes actually enhance inclusiveness. This article adds to our understanding of this question by, first, developing an analytical framework (the ...
Assessing the sustainability of Blue Economy activities using an ecosystem and life cycle-based approach : possibilities, challenges and implications for an informed policy making Ghent University
The global ocean faces increasing exploitation to meet the demand of a rapidly growing globalisation. Human marine activities are leading to local environmental pressures/benefits, for example on marine ecosystems and their services, but also through their value chains on terrestrial ecosystem services, and to global pressures such as global warming. Effective management of marine activities is essential for the conservation of the natural ...
Pitfalls and obstacles of media policy making in an age of digital convergence: The Flemish signal integrity case Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Technological convergence is remaking and even erasing the borders between industries once considered separate, and is forcing policymakers to evolve new regulatory frameworks for a rapidly changing industrial environment. Using the advocacy coalition framework, the authors investigate a struggle by Flemish broadcasters against video distributors to protect the integrity of their broadcast signals. The authors argue that the case may be an ...