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Reforming the European Commission Contributor(s): Bauer, Michael W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415466296 ISBN-13: 9780415466295 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2008 Annotation: This book puts the organizational base of EU policy-making centre stage. It asks three crucial questions about recent administrative reform of the European Commission: why was such a comprehensive reform possible; what are its specific implications for the Commission as an organization; what is the likely impact for the policy process? |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Law | International |
Dewey: 341.242 |
Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.96 lbs) 182 pages |
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Publisher Description: Many international and supranational organisations have lately been busy modernising their internal administration. But nowhere has management change received a similar amount of attention than in the case of the European Commission. Although the perception prevails that the Commission has been losing out in recent years, this vivid interest, academic as well as public, in the so-called Kinnock reform suggests that this organisation still remains at the heart of the Union. The proposition of this book thus is simple. If it remains true that the Commission is an essential part within the (admittedly complex) equation of EU policy-making, changes of the administration basis of this actor are likely to have broader implications. Consequently, this special issue poses three crucial questions about the recent administrative reform of the European Commission: why was such a comprehensive reform possible, what are its specific implications for the Commission as an organisation and what is the likely impact for the policy process? In short, this book puts the organisational base of EU policy-making centre stage. In the quest for answers the authors of the subsequent chapters take distinct perspectives, use various research strategies and methods, and attempt to solve diverse empirical puzzles. But all attempt to add to our understanding of this organisational base, and how to systematically study it. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy. |
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