The European Commission and the Integration of Europe
Subtitle: Images of Governance (Themes in European Governance)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780521806671
Subjects: EU & European institutions; European studies; Political Science; International; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General; Political Science / Government / General; European federation; European Commission; European Union
First sentence: Senior civil servants work in two worlds simultaneously: they make and take orders for routine actions in the hierarchical world of public administration, on the basis of formal rules, cost-benefit analysis, and expertise; and they mobilize support for contentious decisions in the non-hierarchical world of politics, through networking and arm-twisting.