Which Policy for Europe? - Power and Conflict inside the European Commission (Hardcover)

The European Commission is at the center of the European Union's political system. Within its five-year terms each Commission proposes up to 2000 binding legal acts and therefore crucially shapes EU policy, which in turn impacts on the daily lives of more than 500 million European citizens. However, despite the Commissions key role in setting the agenda for European decision making, little is known about its internal dynamics when preparing legislation. This book provides a problem-driven, theoretically-founded, and empirically rich treatment of the so far still understudied process of position-formation inside the European Commission. It reveals that various internal political positions prevail and that the role of power and conflict inside the European Commission is essential to understanding its policy proposals. Opening the 'black box' of the Commission, the book identifies three ideal types of internal position-formation. The Commission is motivated by technocratic problem-solving, by competence-seeking utility maximization or ideologically-motivated policyseeking. Specifying conditions that favor one logic over the others, the typology furthers understanding of how the EU system functions and provides novel explanations of EU policies with substantial societal implications.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2014
Authors:	Miriam Hartlapp (Chair for Governance and Organizational Studies) • Julia Metz (Senior Researcher) • Christian Rauh (Research Fellow)
Dimensions:	273 x 146 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-968803-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions Promotions
LSN:	0-19-968803-6
Barcode:	9780199688036

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