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UNINA9910452006003321 |
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Autore |
Ellinas Antonis A. <1975-> |
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Titolo |
Bureaucratic autonomy and the European Commission : Europe's custodians / / Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-139-36643-2 |
1-107-23183-3 |
1-280-64772-8 |
9786613633774 |
1-139-37902-X |
1-139-15087-1 |
1-139-37616-0 |
1-139-37759-0 |
1-139-37217-3 |
1-139-38045-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Bureaucracy - European Union countries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.215-232) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The autonomy of national and transnational bureaucracies -- 3. Surveying top European bureaucrats -- 4. Autonomy at the top of the European bureaucracy -- 5. Political attempts to alter bureaucratic behavior -- 6. Cultural impediments to political control -- 7. Custodians of 'Europe' -- 8. Bureaucratic attitudes toward controversial policies -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Distribution of sample by Directorate-General or service -- Appendix B: Contact of European bureaucrats with the European Parliament. |
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This book examines the struggle of the European Union bureaucracy to maintain its autonomy in an increasingly complex institutional setting and adverse political environment. Using an original survey of nearly two hundred top European Commission officials, it shows that the Commission is a coherent organization that shares a common culture |
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of supranationalism. The European Union's multicephalous structure of political authority limits the capacity of European politicians to curb the autonomy of the Commission but tends to undermine the legitimacy of the organization, which finds itself under persistent political attacks. These attacks inadvertently help the organization bolster its defenses against the external threats and trigger internal legitimation processes that reinforce the devotion of its employees to its institutional mission. The rich survey data show how Commission bureaucrats establish themselves as the 'custodians of Europe'. The book helps disentangle the complexity of the Commission and makes a contribution to the study of international bureaucracies, a topic that has received little attention. |
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UNINA9910297041303321 |
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Autore |
Weddige Olaf <1975-> |
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Measuring Public Pension Liabilities in the European Union / Bert Rürup, Bert Rürup, Olaf Weddige |
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Frankfurt a.M, : PH02, 2018 |
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2018, c2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st, New ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) : , EPDF |
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Collana |
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Sozialökonomische Schriften ; 42 |
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Political economy |
Welfare economics |
Economic systems & structures |
Finance & accounting |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents: Demographic development in the European Union - Public pension liabilities - Accrued-to-date liabilities - Fiscal sustainability - Pay-as-you go - Open-system net liabilities - National accounting - Implicit pension debt - Generational accounting. |
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Due to the demographic development, public pension systems in the European Union organized on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) principle will be forced to either raise contribution rates or taxes, shorten future replacement rates, or enforce a combination of both. In this regard, two important issues have to be addressed: The first issue refers to the question of measuring the public pension liabilities of private households until today. The extent of these liabilities has an impact on the saving behaviour. The second issue refers to the consequences of the demographic development for future retirees and contributors and examines the sustainability of pension schemes by confronting the present value of future pension payments with the present value of future contributions. |
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