Download or read book The European Commission, Expert Groups, and the Policy Process written by Julia Metz and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the assumption that policy makers' work with advisory committees is emblematic of technocratic governance. Analyzing how and why the European Commission uses expert groups in the policy process, it shows that experts not only solve technical problems, but also function as political devices and negotiators in modern governance.