Daniel Drewski

National and Regional Symbolic Boundaries in the European Commission

Towards an Ever-Closer Union?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contributes to research on the dynamics of social integration unfolding at the heart of this field. Based on in-depth interviews with officials working for the European Commission the author explores the perception and negotiation of symbolic boundaries related to their diverse national and regional backgrounds.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780367620011
• ISBN-10: 0367620014
• Artikelnr.: 62228605

Autorenporträt

Daniel Drewski is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The EU Commission and its civil service 3. Reflecting on
national and regional differences in the EU Commission 4. Getting things
done: Symbolic boundaries of organizational cultures 5. Speaking English or
French? Symbolic boundaries of working language 6. Being an honorable
European civil servant: Symbolic boundaries of professional values 7.
Making it in the Commission: Symbolic boundaries of influence and career
chances 8. Mental maps of Europe 9. Summary and conclusion