Reforming the European Commission

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-32218-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

Analyses the impact of the managerial reforms of the European Commission. In 1999 the resignation of the College of Commissioners triggered the implementation of a White Paper which listed 98 measures to overhaul the way the Commission did business. Ten years later what impact have the reforms had on the European Commission and European governance?

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schön-Quinlivan, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: How to analyse administrative reforms in the European Commission 1950 – 1984: Constructing the administrative Commission 1985 – 1998: the foundations for the Kinnock reforms A novel strategy for reform Reforming public administrations: New Public Management and the White Paper From policy to practice: operationalising NPM The Secretariat General: a case study in innovation DG Regional Policy: a case study in adaptation DG Transport and Energy: a case study in resistance Conclusions: understanding heterogeneous institutional change in the Commission

Über Autor(innen)

EMMANUELLE SCHÖN-QUINLIVAN Lecturer in Politics with the Department of Government at University College Cork, Republic of Ireland. She specialises in European Union politics, public management and institutional change. She has published extensively on the impact of the Kinnock reforms on the European Commission, including in the .