The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission

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Autor(a) principal: Christensen, Johan
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v3i1.77
Resumo: What kind of professional experts dominate within the European Commission—lawyers, economists or others? Driven by the notion that the role of professional experts is shaped by organizational features, the article examines how different kinds of expertise are inscribed in the Commission’s recruitment system and organizational structure. The analysis shows that while economics may have overtaken law as the most common educational background in the Commission, neither the recruitment system nor the departmental structure appears to encourage the development of economic expertise. The proportion of staff hired through economics competitions has dropped markedly, and there are few specialized units for economic analysis in the organization. More generally, the Commission’s hiring policies and organizational hierarchy do not seem conducive to strong expert roles. The picture that emerges is that of an organization where expert knowledge is neither tied to a particular profession nor firmly rooted in the departmental structure.
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title The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission
spellingShingle The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission
Christensen, Johan
economic experts; European Commission; expertise; organization of expertise
title_short The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission
title_full The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission
title_fullStr The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission
title_full_unstemmed The Organization of Professional Expertise in the European Commission
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author Christensen, Johan
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv economic experts; European Commission; expertise; organization of expertise
topic economic experts; European Commission; expertise; organization of expertise
description What kind of professional experts dominate within the European Commission—lawyers, economists or others? Driven by the notion that the role of professional experts is shaped by organizational features, the article examines how different kinds of expertise are inscribed in the Commission’s recruitment system and organizational structure. The analysis shows that while economics may have overtaken law as the most common educational background in the Commission, neither the recruitment system nor the departmental structure appears to encourage the development of economic expertise. The proportion of staff hired through economics competitions has dropped markedly, and there are few specialized units for economic analysis in the organization. More generally, the Commission’s hiring policies and organizational hierarchy do not seem conducive to strong expert roles. The picture that emerges is that of an organization where expert knowledge is neither tied to a particular profession nor firmly rooted in the departmental structure.
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