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This collection presents the results of a research agenda which examines how information plays a key role in policymaking. As a very dynamic environment characterized by many different modes of information gathering and processing, the EU forms a particularly interesting case to test the politics of information approach.

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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)

“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)

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)

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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 Netherlands Thomas Conzelmann, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Deirdre Curtin,University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Hylke Dijkstra, Maastricht University, the Netherlands and University of Oxford, UK Mathias Dobbels, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Simon Duke, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Michael 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, UK Åse Gornitzka, University of Oslo, Norway Jeffrey Lewis, Cleveland State University, USA Christine Neuhold Maastricht University, the Netherlands Nico 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 Netherlands Ulf Sverdrup is Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Esther Versluis, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Martin Wirtz, Otto-Friedrich University, Germany

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