The Field of Eurocracy [electronic resource] : Mapping EU Actors and Professionals /
Georgakakis, D.editor.
Rowell, J.editor.
The word Eurocracy has resonance throughout out Europe but in reality we know little about the people who work in and around the EU or how they fit into its large bureaucratic framework. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book addresses this problem by exploring the MEPs, diplomats, civil servants and commissioners that work in and around the EU.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Studying Eurocracy as a Bureaucratic Field                                                               ""; ""1 MEPs: Towards a Specialization of European Political Work?""; ""2 Tensions within Eurocracy: A Socio-morphological Perspective""; ""3 The Permanent Representatives to the EU: Going Native in the European Field?""; ""4 ECB Leaders. A New European Monetary Elite?""
""5 The World of European Information: The Institutional and Relational Genesis of the EU Public Sphere""""6 Expert Groups in the Field of Eurocracy""; ""7 Interest Groups and Lobbyists in the European Political Space: The Permanent Eurocrats""; ""8 The Personnel of the European Trade Union Confederation: Specifically European Types of Capital?""; ""9 European Business Leaders. A Focus on the Upper Layers of the European Field Power""; ""Conclusion: The Field of Eurocracy: A New Map for New Research Horizons                                                                              ""
""References                 """"Index of Names                     ""; ""Index of Institutions and Concepts                                         ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The word Eurocracy has resonance throughout out Europe but in reality we know little about the people who work in and around the EU or how they fit into its large bureaucratic framework. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book addresses this problem by exploring the MEPs, diplomats, civil servants and commissioners that work in and around the EU.
European Union
European Union.
Political sociology.
Political science.
Public policy.
Public administration.
Globalization.
European Union Politics.
Political Sociology.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Public Administration.
Globalization.