This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as national case studies this book also looks into politico-administrative relations in supranational institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament.
Innehållsförteckning
List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations PART I: CIVIL SERVANTS AND POLITICS: SETTING THE SCENE Introduction; C.Neuhold & S.Vanhoonacker Politicisation: What is it and why should we care?; B.G.Peters Civil Servants and Politicians: Problems and Future Prospects; L.Verhey Civil Servants and Whistle-blowing: Loyal Neutrality and/or Democratic Ideal?; G.Hunt PART II: POLITICISATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS BETWEEN NEUTRALITY AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM? COUNTRY STUDIES Civil Servants and Politicians: A Very British Relationship; D.Woodhouse Managerialism and politicisation in the Dutch Civil Service; S.van Thiel Civil Servants: How to Support the Political Level: The French Case; F.Baron Civil Service Reform in Slovakia and Hungary: The Road to Professionalisation?; K.Staronova Civil Servants and Politics in Germany; U.Battis PART III: SUPRANATIONAL BUREAUCRACIES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAYERS Commission Civil Servants and Politics: De-politicised Bureaucrats in an Increasingly Political Organisation; M.W.Bauer & J.Ege The European Parliament’s Administration: Between Neutral and Politicised Competence; C.Neuhold & I.Romanyshyn Conclusion; S.Vanhoonacker, C.Neuhold & L.Verhey
Om författaren
CHRISTINE NEUHOLD is Associate Professor of European Governance within the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. She is a political scientist by training and holds her doctoral degree from the University of Vienna. Her main research interests include the role of parliaments and bureaucracies within the European system of governance.
SOPHIE VANHOONACKER is Professor of Administrative Governance and has a chair in Administrative Governance at the Department of Politics at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her main field of research is European administrative governance with a particular focus on the role of bureaucracies/diplomats in the European foreign policy process.
LUC VERHEY is a Member of the Advisory Division of the Dutch Council of State and Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Leiden Law School, Leiden University, the Netherlands. His main field of research is constitutional law with a particular focus on parliamentary law, public accountability, legislation and human rights.
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