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1 online resource (254 pages) |
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Cover; The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Graphs; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; 2: The Autonomy of National and Transnational Bureaucracies; The Autonomy of International Bureaucracies; The Autonomy of the European Commission; Serving Multiple Masters; Lacking Legitimacy; A Common Commission Culture; 3: Surveying Top European Bureaucrats; Interviewing Top Officials; The Political Context; The Commission in the Eye of the Storm; Diversity at the Top; Educational Profile; Prior Experience and Expertise; Conclusion |
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4: Autonomy at the Top of the European BureaucracyPolitical Management at the Helm of the Commission; Bureaucratic Autonomy and Information; Brussels Bureaucrats and Politicians; The Commission and the EU Legislators; Relations with the Council; Relations with the Parliament; Bureaucratic Autonomy and Special Interests; Conclusion; 5: Political Attempts to Alter Bureaucratic Behavior; The Commission and Political Control; Continuity, Crisis, and Change; The Kinnock Reforms; Assessing the Reform; The View From the Top; Not a Hierarchical Beast; Merit-Based Recruitment; Promotion: Mixed Picture |
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Administrative Overdrive?Conclusion; 6: Cultural Impediments to Political Control; Bureaucratic Culture and the European Commission; A Common Bureaucratic Culture; Subcultures in the Commission; A Weakening Culture?; Bureaucratic Culture and Political Attacks; Conclusion; 7: Custodians of "Europe"; The Views of Senior Bureaucrats on Euroskepticism; Senior Officials and Supranationalism; National Background and Supranationalism; Organizational Experience and Supranationalism; Conclusion; 8: Bureaucratic Attitudes Toward Controversial Policies |
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European Officials and the Failed Constitutional TreatyThe Bolkestein Directive; Turkish Accession; Conclusion; 9: Conclusion; An Autonomous Bureaucracy; Bureaucratic Autonomy in Comparative Perspective; Bureaucracy in Decline?; Bureaucratic Power at a Time of Crisis; Appendix A: Distribution of Sample by Directorate-General (DG) or Service (N = 194); Appendix B: Contact of European Bureaucrats with the European Parliament; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Documents the struggle of the European Commission to maintain its autonomy in a complex institutional setting and adverse political environment |
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Print version record |
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European Commission.
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European Union
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European Commission. fast (OCoLC)fst00709495 |
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European Union. fast (OCoLC)fst00916630 |
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Bureaucracy -- European Union countries
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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Bureaucracy.
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European Union countries.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Suleiman, Ezra N., 1941-
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| ISBN |
9781139377591 |
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1139377590 |
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9781139150873 |
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1139150871 |
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9781107023215 |
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1107023211 |
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