Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020
The European Commission claims that Horizon 2020 represents a break from previous framework programmes. This paper examines that claim in terms of the public management narratives that underlie the discourses of research policy at the European level. It is argued that the framework programmes go bey...
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| description | The European Commission claims that Horizon 2020 represents a break from previous framework programmes. This paper examines that claim in terms of the public management narratives that underlie the discourses of research policy at the European level. It is argued that the framework programmes go beyond their explicit role as a funding distribution instrument to serve discursive and regulatory functions. Using an analytical framework based on three types of public administration narrative: New Public Management, Network Governance, and Neo-Weberian Bureaucracy, this article examines the ways in which the evaluation and distribution of research funds and the conflicting conceptualizations of the term excellence have moved EU policy towards a New Public Management narrative and a more divided Europe of Knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d00e1e32279341d5a1159935b88d7f512022-12-21T23:39:31ZengUACESJournal of Contemporary European Research1815-347X2015-02-01111Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020Mitchell Young0Charles University in Prague Department of West European Studies Institute of International Studies Faculty of Social SciencesThe European Commission claims that Horizon 2020 represents a break from previous framework programmes. This paper examines that claim in terms of the public management narratives that underlie the discourses of research policy at the European level. It is argued that the framework programmes go beyond their explicit role as a funding distribution instrument to serve discursive and regulatory functions. Using an analytical framework based on three types of public administration narrative: New Public Management, Network Governance, and Neo-Weberian Bureaucracy, this article examines the ways in which the evaluation and distribution of research funds and the conflicting conceptualizations of the term excellence have moved EU policy towards a New Public Management narrative and a more divided Europe of Knowledge.https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/634Differentiated integrationEuropean research policyExcellenceFramework programmesHorizon 2020New Public Management |
| spellingShingle | Mitchell Young Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020 Journal of Contemporary European Research Differentiated integration European research policy Excellence Framework programmes Horizon 2020 New Public Management |
| title | Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020 |
| title_full | Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020 |
| title_short | Shifting Policy Narratives in Horizon 2020 |
| title_sort | shifting policy narratives in horizon 2020 |
| topic | Differentiated integration European research policy Excellence Framework programmes Horizon 2020 New Public Management |
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