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European Union administration : legitimacy and efficiency /

Nedergaard, Peter, 1957-

European Union administration : legitimacy and efficiency / by Peter Nedergaard. - 1 online resource. - Nijhoff eBook titles 2007 . - Nijhoff Law Specials 69. International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222953. .

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

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.

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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.

9789047411741

10.1163/ej.9789004155732.i-204 DOI

2007295671

B0617349 bccb


European Union.
Union européenne.


Public administration--European Union countries.
Administration publique (Science)--Pays de l'Union européenne.


European Union countries--Politics and government.
Pays de l'Union européenne--Administration.

JN30 / .N425 2007

352.11/4