Civil Servants and Politics [electronic resource] : A Delicate Balance /
Neuhold, Christine.editor.
Vanhoonacker, Sophie.editor.
Verhey, Luc.editor.
This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as national case studies this book also looks into politico-administrative relations in supranational institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Part I Civil Servants and Politics: Setting the Scene; 1 Introduction; 2 Politicisation: What Is It and Why Should We Care?; 3 Civil Servants and Politicians: Problems and Future Prospects; 4 Civil Servants and Whistle-Blowing: Loyal Neutrality and/or Democratic Ideal?; Part II Politicisation of Civil Servants between Neutrality and Political Activism? Country Studies; 5 Civil Servants and Politicians: A Very British Relationship
6 Managerialism and Politicisation in the Dutch Civil Service7 Civil Servants: How to Support the Political Level: The French Case; 8 Civil Service Reform in Slovakia and Hungary: The Road to Professionalisation?; 9 Civil Servants and Politics in Germany; Part III Supranational Bureaucracies and Consequences for Administrative Players; 10 Commission Civil Servants and Politics: De-Politicised Bureaucrats in an Increasingly Political Organisation; 11 The European Parliament's Administration: Between Neutral and Politicised Competence; 12 Conclusion; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as national case studies this book also looks into politico-administrative relations in supranational institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Political science.
European Union.
Public policy.
Comparative politics.
Public administration.
Democracy.
Political Science.
European Union Politics.
Public Policy.
Comparative Politics.
Public Administration.
Democracy.