The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy : Europe's Custodians.

Documents the struggle of the European Commission to maintain its autonomy in a complex institutional setting and adverse political environment.

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Main Author: Ellinas, Antonis A.
Other Authors: Suleiman, Ezra N., 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
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505 0 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
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