How does knowledge circulate in a regulatory network? Observing a European Platform of Regulatory Authorities meeting
通过直接观察欧洲广播监管机构平台的一次会议，揭示知识流通、规范扩散和监管协调在微观层面的具体社会实践，包括商议、社会化和学习。
Abstract Multi‐level networks of regulatory authorities are considered as vectors of knowledge circulation, norm diffusion, and regulatory coordination. However, this is often assumed without empirical scrutiny of the concrete “micro‐dynamics” between individual participants in networks, which remain a “black box” for analysts. This paper is mainly based on direct observation and informal interviews conducted during a meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities in charge of regulation of the broadcasting sector. It seeks to elucidate what deliberation, socialization, and learning, considered as devices typical of “soft” governance modes, mean as concrete social practices within a network.