Johnson, Dennis W. Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-407
Author(s):  
Matt Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
Political Consulting ◽  
History Of

Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für Familienfragen beim Bundesfamilienministerium: (Vor-)Geschichte, Funktionen und Tätigkeit in der Politikberatung

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 495-510
Author(s):  
Jörg M. Fegert ◽  
Irene Gerlach
Keyword(s):  
Family Policy ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Political Consulting ◽  
Scientific Advisory Board ◽  
Scientific Advisory ◽  
History Of ◽  
Media Democracy ◽  
Different Levels

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Beitrag bietet einen Überblick auf die lange, wechselvolle Geschichte des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats für Familienfragen, die von unterschiedlichen Phasen der Beratungstätigkeit mit jeweils auch unterschiedlicher Kooperationsintensität zwischen Beirat und Ministerium geprägt war. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Satzung von 1970, die für das besondere (Selbst-)Verständnis des Beirats sowie seine Funktion innerhalb der bundesrepublikanischen Politikberatung entscheidend ist. Die Autoren zeigen aber auch auf, wie sich der Beirat den gegenwärtigen Herausforderungen in der sog. Mediendemokratie stellt und geben einen Ausblick auf mögliche Zukunftsfelder der Politikberatung in der Familienpolitik. Abstract: Scientific Advisory Board on Family Affairs at the Ministry: History, Functions and Activities in Political Consultancy This article provides an overview of the long, eventful history of the Scientific Advisory Board on Family Affairs, which was characterized by different phases of advisory work, each with different levels of cooperation between the Advisory Board and the Ministry. The focus is on the statute of 1970, which determines the particularity and (self-)conception of the advisory board and its function within the Federal Republic’s political consulting. However, the authors also illustrate how the Advisory Board is facing the current challenges in so-called media democracy and give a perspective on possible future fields of advisory activity in family policy.

The Social Origins and Provenance of the English Bishops during the Reign of Edward II

1959 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 51-79
Author(s):  
K. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Early Career ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Edward Ii ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
History Of

During the last twenty or twenty-five years medieval historians have been much interested in the composition of the English episcopate. A number of studies of it have been published on periods ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. A further paper might well seem superfluous. My reason for offering one is that most previous writers have concentrated on analysing the professional circles from which the bishops were drawn, and suggesting the influences which their early careers as royal clerks, university masters and students, secular or regular clergy, may have had on their later work as bishops. They have shown comparatively little interest in their social background and provenance, except for those bishops who belonged to magnate families. Some years ago, when working on the political activities of Edward II's bishops, it seemed to me that social origins, family connexions and provenance might in a number of cases have had at least as much influence on a bishop's attitude to politics as his early career. I there fore collected information about the origins and provenance of these bishops. I now think that a rather more careful and complete study of this subject might throw further light not only on the political history of the reign, but on other problems connected with the character and work of the English episcopate. There is a general impression that in England in the later middle ages the bishops' ties with their dioceses were becoming less close, and that they were normally spending less time in diocesan work than their predecessors in the thirteenth century.

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