Politics of Information

Federica Bicchi, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Patrick BijsmansMaastricht University, the Netherlands Madalina Busuioc, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Thomas Christiansen, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsThomas Conzelmann, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsDeirdre Curtin,University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Hylke Dijkstra, Maastricht University, the Netherlands and University of Oxford, UK Mathias Dobbels, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsSimon Duke, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsMichael J. Geary, Maastricht University, the Netherlnds and Wilson Center, USA Carine Germond, University of Portsmouth, UK and Maastricht University, the Netherlands Justin Greenwood is Professor of European Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, UKÅse Gornitzka, University of Oslo, NorwayJeffrey Lewis, Cleveland State University, USA Christine Neuhold Maastricht University, the NetherlandsNico Randeraad,MaastrichtUniversity, the Netherlands Michael Shackleton, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands Loes van Suijlekom is a Junior Researcher at the Huygens Institute for the History of the NetherlandsUlf Sverdrup is Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)Esther Versluis, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Martin Wirtz, Otto-Friedrich University, Germany

• 1. The Politics of Information: A New Research Agenda; Tannelie Blom and Sophie Vanhoonacker PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND HISTROICAL REFLECTIONS 2. The Politics of Information: An Organization Theoretical Perspective; Tannelie Blom 3 Information Processes and International Organisations (1910-1940); Michael Geary and Nico Randeraad 4 The Politics of Peer Reviewing: Comparing the OECD and the EU; Thomas Conzelmann PART II: INSTITUTIONS 5. COREPER: Linking Capitals and Brussels; Jeffrey Lewis 6. Who Selects What and How? How the European Parliament Obtains and Processes Information for Policy-Making; Mathias Dobbels and Christine Neuhold 7. The Politics of Information in the EU: The Case of European Agencies; Tannelie Blom, Loes van Suijlekom, Esther Versluis and Martin Wirtz PART III: INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE 8. The European Commission's Relations with Interest Organisations: Master of the Information Universe?; Justin Greenwood 9. The European Commission's Expert Groups as an Information System; Ase Gornitzka and Ulf Sverdrup 10. Informational Asymmetries in the EU: Fault Lines Running Through the Comitology System; Thomas Christiansen 11. Information, Expertise and the Common Agricultural Policy: The Role and Influence of European Farm Organizations in Historical Perspective; Carine Germond PART IV: INFORMING THE PUBLIC 12. The Commission, the Politics of Information and the European Public Sphere; Patrick Bijsmans 13. The European Parliament 'On Air'; Michael Shackleton PART V: INFORMATION IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY 14. EU Foreign Policy and the Politics of Information; Federica Bicchi 15. Information in EU Security and Defence; Hylke Dijkstra 16. Intelligence and EU External Relations: Operational to Constitutive Politics; Simon Duke 17. The Politics of Information in EU Internal Security: Information Sharing by European Agencies; Madalina Busuioc and Deirdre Curtin 18. Conclusion; Tannelie Blom and Sophie Vanhoonacker

"This edited volume seeks to open up the black box of policy-making in the EU ... through a 'politics of information' approach, investigating how information is accessed and processed, and how it affects policy. ... The main contribution is the book's detailed and insightful case studies. ... the book is a must-read for everyone interested in opening the black box of EU policy-making." (Johan Eriksson, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 54 (1), 2016)