European Union administration : legitimacy and efficiency / by Peter Nedergaard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nedergaard, Peter, 1957-

Series:

Nijhoff law specials ; 69.

Nijhoff law specials ; v. 69

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Public administration--European Union countries.

Public administration.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Nijhoff, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. The administrative system of the European Union is described as a hybrid between a traditional national and an international administration. In the analysis three distinct theoretical perspectives are used (a structural, a procedural and a cultural), thus ensuring that a broad variety of factors are included. Furthermore, in the analysis the administration is seen from the perspective of an individual Eurocrat, but, simultaneously, the overall institutional perspective is maintained by a focus on the effects of the special characteristics of the administrative practices on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administration.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Chapter One. Introduction

Chapter Two. The EUs Administration a Political Hybrid between a National and an International Administration

Chapter Three. Organizational Theories and the EU Administration

Chapter Four. The EU Administration in Context

Chapter Five. Staffing the EU Institutions

Chapter Six. The Commission Organizational Structure, Processes, and Culture

Chapter Seven. The Council of Ministers Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture

Chapter Eight. Perspectives Efficiency and Legitimacy of the EU Administration

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-45814-7

9786611458140

90-474-1174-9

OCLC:

320325302

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004155732.i-204 DOI