Neill Nugent

At the Heart of the Union

Studies of the European Commission

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the central institution of the EU. The editor, Prof. Neill Nugent, brings together a range of perspectives, each based on original research, examining all aspects from recruitment to policy-making, from the Commission's history to its future prospects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-91834-0
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9780333918340
• ISBN-10: 0333918347
• Artikelnr.: 23520957

Autorenporträt

Neill Nugent is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has published widely on the European Union and in 2013 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary European Studies by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction: At the Heart of the Union; N.Nugent European Commissioners 1952-1995: National Routes to a European Elite; A.Macmullen Identities in the European Commission; M.McDonald Administrative Culture in the European Commission: The Cases of Competition and Environment; M.Cini A House with Differing Views: The European Commission and Cohesion Policy; L.Hooghe The Commission as an Agent; M.A.Pollack Uniting European Industrial Policy: A Commission Agenda for Integration; T.C.Lawton Safeguarding the Economic Constitution: The Commission and Competition Policy; L.McGowan The Commission Made Me Do It: The European Commission as a Strategic Asset in Domestic Politics; M.P.Smith The Commission and Implementation in the European Union: Is there an Implementation Deficit and Why?; B.Guy Peters Managing the Managers: the Commission's Role in the Implementation of Spending Programmes; R.Levy The European Commission and the Politics of Legitimacy in the European Union; H.Drake The Commission and the Intergovernmental Conferences; D.Dinan The Role of the Commission: A Theoretical Discussion; J.H.Matlary Conclusions: Themes and Prospects; N.Nugent Annex: Directorates General and Special Units of the Commission References Index

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Preface List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction: At
the Heart of the Union; N.Nugent European Commissioners 1952-1995: National
Routes to a European Elite; A.Macmullen Identities in the European
Commission; M.McDonald Administrative Culture in the European Commission:
The Cases of Competition and Environment; M.Cini A House with Differing
Views: The European Commission and Cohesion Policy; L.Hooghe The Commission
as an Agent; M.A.Pollack Uniting European Industrial Policy: A Commission
Agenda for Integration; T.C.Lawton Safeguarding the Economic Constitution:
The Commission and Competition Policy; L.McGowan The Commission Made Me Do
It: The European Commission as a Strategic Asset in Domestic Politics;
M.P.Smith The Commission and Implementation in the European Union: Is there
an Implementation Deficit and Why?; B.Guy Peters Managing the Managers: the
Commission's Role in the Implementation of Spending Programmes; R.Levy The
European Commission and the Politics of Legitimacy in the European Union;
H.Drake The Commission and the Intergovernmental Conferences; D.Dinan The
Role of the Commission: A Theoretical Discussion; J.H.Matlary Conclusions:
Themes and Prospects; N.Nugent Annex: Directorates General and Special
Units of the Commission References Index