Resisting Devolution? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Belgium

Abstract This chapter shows how Belgian political scientists are active players in the Belgian policy advisory system, particularly engaging with the civil service and civil society. Advisory bodies, even though there are many, are not the first of the political scientists’ targets, confirming that lay and representative interest-based expertise prevails in such traditional organizations connecting society to the state. The tradition of neo-corporatist consociationalism also survives in the nature and recipients of advisory activities, as well as in the attention paid to ensure balanced repres... Mehr ...