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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451124403321

Autore

Nedergaard Peter <1957->

Titolo

European Union administration [[electronic resource] ] : legitimacy and efficiency / / by Peter Nedergaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Nijhoff, c2007

ISBN

1-281-45814-7

9786611458140

90-474-1174-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Nijhoff law specials ; ; v. 69

Disciplina

352.11/4

Soggetti

Public administration - European Union countries

Electronic books.

European Union countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. The EUs Administration a Political Hybrid between a National and an International Administration -- Chapter Three. Organizational Theories and the EU Administration -- Chapter Four. The EU Administration in Context -- Chapter Five. Staffing the EU Institutions -- Chapter Six. The Commission Organizational Structure, Processes, and Culture -- Chapter Seven. The Council of Ministers Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture -- Chapter Eight. Perspectives Efficiency and Legitimacy of the EU Administration -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. The administrative system of the European Union is described as a hybrid between a traditional national and an international administration. In the analysis three distinct theoretical perspectives are used (a structural, a procedural and a cultural), thus ensuring that a broad variety of factors are included. Furthermore, in the analysis the administration is seen from the perspective of an individual Eurocrat, but, simultaneously, the overall institutional perspective is maintained by a focus on the effects of the special



characteristics of the administrative practices on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administration.