03320nam 22006614a 450 991080687110332120200520144314.01-107-12422-00-511-15657-X1-280-43356-60-511-04426-70-511-17588-40-511-32930-X0-521-00143-90-511-49197-2(CKB)111082128283788(EBL)202141(OCoLC)437063404(SSID)ssj0000150399(PQKBManifestationID)11151011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150399(PQKBWorkID)10280162(PQKB)10460837(UkCbUP)CR9780511491979(MiAaPQ)EBC202141(Au-PeEL)EBL202141(CaPaEBR)ebr10005019(CaONFJC)MIL43356(EXLCZ)9911108212828378820010608d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe European Commission and the integration of Europe images of governance /Liesbet Hooghe1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20011 online resource (xi, 279 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Themes in European governanceTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-80667-4 0-511-01711-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-272) and index.Preference formation in the European commission -- Men (and women) at Europe's helm -- Images of Europe -- Beyond supranational interest -- Capitalism against capitalism -- Principal or agent -- Accommodating national diversity.What kind of European Union do top Commission officials want? Should the European Union be supranational or intergovernmental? Should it promote market-liberalism or regulated capitalism? Should the Commission be Europe's government or its civil service? This 2002 book examines top officials' preferences on these questions through analysis of unique data from 137 interviews. Understanding the forces that shape human preferences is the subject of intense debate. Hooghe demonstrates that the Commission has difficulty shaping its employees' preferences in the fluid multi-institutional context of the European Union. Top officials' preferences are better explained by experiences outside rather than inside the Commission: political party, country, and prior work leave deeper imprints than directorate-general or cabinet. Preferences are also influenced more by internalized values than by self-interested career calculation. Hooghe's findings are surprising, and will challenge a number of common assumptions about the workings and motives of the European Commission.Themes in European governance.European federationEuropean federation.341.24/2Hooghe Liesbet559301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806871103321The European Commission and the integration of Europe4023390UNINA