Politics and the European Commission

Actors, Interdependence, Legitimacy
Herausgeber: Smith, Andy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. In contrast to the prevailing image of the Commission as a 'bureaucrat's paradise', however, and by using the results of original research, this book deliberately sets out to investigate this organization's relationship to politics. It does so first by developing a variety of case-studies (health, development aid, preparations for Eastern enlargement, etc.) as a means of studying the relationships, networks and interdependencies which link commissioners and Commission officials to national politicians, civil servants and interest groups. Second, by looking in detail at how the Commission publicizes its work, notably through producing public information and liaising with the media, fresh light is shone upon the complex question of the Commission's legitimacy. Politics and the European Commission provides a framework for generating new information about, and interpretations of, the power struggles at the heart of the EU.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780415429726
• ISBN-10: 0415429722
• Artikelnr.: 26675079

Autorenporträt

Andy Smith is Senior Research Fellow in Political Science at the CERVL, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux. He has been working on three themes related to European integration: public policy-making; the college of the European Commission; and the effect of Europe on the daily life of the general public.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Andy Smith Part 1: Actors, Institutions and Interdependence 1.
Doing politics and Pretending Not To:The Commission's role in distributing
aid to Eastern Europe Cécile Robert 2. The Politics of Collegiality: The
non-portfolio dimension Jean Joana and Andy Smith 3. The Secretary General
of the European Commision, 1958-2003: The history of a singular institution
Hussein Kassim 4. The Political Dynamics of the 'Parallel Administration'
of the European Commision Jarle Trondal 5. The Invention of a Directorate
General for Development (1958-75) Véronique Dimier 6. Institutionalizing
Public Health in the European Commision: The thrills and spills of
politicization Sébastien Guigner Part 2: The Media, the Commision and its
Legitimacy 7. Was it Really just 'Poor Communication'?: Lessons from Santa
Commision's resignation Didier Georgakakis 8. The Politics of the Commision
as an Information Source Olivier Baisnée 9. Advertising Europe: The
production of public information by the Commision François Forêt 10.
Publicising the Euro: A case of interest maximisation and internal
fragmentation of the Commision Jeannette Mak 11. Where is he now? The
Delors Legacy Helen Drake Conclusion Andy Smith