LEADER 03783nam 22006732 450 001 9910779150603321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-36643-2 010 $a1-107-23183-3 010 $a1-280-64772-8 010 $a9786613633774 010 $a1-139-37902-X 010 $a1-139-15087-1 010 $a1-139-37616-0 010 $a1-139-37759-0 010 $a1-139-37217-3 010 $a1-139-38045-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000103486 035 $a(EBL)880768 035 $a(OCoLC)794327763 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000668386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440261 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000668386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10698739 035 $a(PQKB)11296602 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139150873 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL880768 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10565006 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL363377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC880768 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000103486 100 $a20110901d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBureaucratic autonomy and the European Commission $eEurope's custodians /$fAntonis A. Ellinas, Ezra$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-68971-6 311 $a1-107-02321-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.215-232) and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThis 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 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. 517 3 $aThe European Commission & Bureaucratic Autonomy 606 $aBureaucracy$zEuropean Union countries 615 0$aBureaucracy 676 $a341.242/2 686 $aPOL040000$2bisacsh 700 $aEllinas$b Antonis A.$f1975-$01485343 702 $aSuleiman$b Ezra N.$f1941- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779150603321 996 $aBureaucratic autonomy and the European Commission$93704431 997 $aUNINA