Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Content; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; 1 Legitimacy and effectiveness two principal standards of good governance; 2 Assessing (input/output) legitimacy; 3 The EU Eco-Labelling Board Consultation Forum; 4 The European Health Policy Forum; 5 The Trade Contact Group and Civil Society Dialogue; 6 The Agricultural Advisory Groups; Conclusion: Trapped between legitimacy claims managing expectations for ECAFs; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Investigates the existence of a dichotomy between the capacity of European Commission committee governance to improve system effectiveness and provide efficiency gains as well as sustain democratic credentials. This book asks whether legitimacy and efficiency may be reconciled or become partially compatible in European Commission committees
