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Where does supranationalism come from? Ideas floating through the working groups of the Council of the European Union
Beyers, Jan - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 2 (1998) 11
The central purpose of the paper is to explain why some officials involved in Council working groups have a more positive disposition towards European integration than others. The paper is inspired by the fact that many studies on European integration deal only occasionally with the attitudes...
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An Institutional Perspective on Representation. Ambiguous representation in the European Commission
Trondal, Jarle - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 10 (2006) 06
This study explores the multiple representational roles evoked by an under-researched segment of the European Commission: temporary Commission officials. The article has a dual ambition: The first is to outline an institutional perspective on representation that seizes a middle-ground between...
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The resignation of the Santer-Commission: the impact of 'trust' and 'reputation'
Topan, Angelina - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 6 (2002) 09
This contribution begins with reciting the facts behind the resignation of the European Commission under Jacques Santer, followed by theoretical considerations on the significance of trust and reputation from the principal-agent-theory perspective. The third part puts the emphasis on discussing...
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Synchronised national publics as functional equivalent of an integrated European public. The case of biotechnology
Seifert, Franz - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 10 (2006) 09
In the second half of the nineties, a number of EU Member States went through intense public controversies over agro-food biotechnology. These controversies occurred almost synchronously, brought about parallel issue-framings and actor-constellations, led national governments to adopt...
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The EU’s Security Sector Reform Policies in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Justaert, Arnout; Keukeleire, Stephan - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 14 (2010) 08
In this article we approach the functioning of bureaucracy in ESDP from a governance perspective that also focuses on … informal patterns of interaction between the relevant bureaucratic actors. Following the governance and related network … governance approaches, the interplay between formal and informal patterns of interaction can help to overcome deadlock in policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611263
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Secretariat, Facilitator or Policy Entrepreneur? Role Perceptions of Officials of the Council Secretariat
Juncos, Ana E.; Pomorska, Karolina - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 14 (2010) 08
The Council Secretariat General has emerged as one of the institutional winners of the dynamic development of the EU’s foreign and security policy, especially in the field of crisis management. Despite this, the role of the Council Secretariat in European foreign policy remains under...
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European governance still technocratic? New modes of governance for food safety regulation in the European Union
Fischer, Robert - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 12 (2008) 12
This article contributes to the debate on technocratic governance in the European Union. It examines the relationship … law. To this end, a typology is developed to distinguish between decisionist, technocratic and reflexive governance … reflexive governance. To some extent, this change can also be observed in the general debate on European governance. In …
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Choosing environmental policy instruments: An assessment of the 'environmental dimension' of EU energy policy
Schmitt, Sophie; Schulze, Kai - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 15 (2011) 11
policy is frequently controlled by new, less interventionist forms of governance. …
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International Executives: Transformative Bureaucracies or Westphalian Orders?
Trondal, Jarle; Marcussen, Martin; Veggeland, Frode - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 8 (2004) 04
Public Administration is in an era of change. This article studies one under-researched part of public administration, the executive arms of International Governmental Organizations (IGOs). These are referred to as International Executives (IEs). The article provides a conceptual mapping and an...
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After Hierarchy? Domestic Executive Governance and the Differentiated Impact of the European Commission and the Council of Ministers
Larsson, Torbjorn; Trondal, Jarle - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 9 (2005) 10
This study offers an organisation theory approach that claims that the differentiated organisational constellation of the European Union contributes to a differentiated Europeanisation of domestic core-executives. It is argued that the European Commission mainly activates the lower echelons of...
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