Lobbyists and Bureaucrats in Brussels

Lobbyists and Bureaucrats in Brussels
Author: Sylvain Laurens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2017-09-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351972502

With over 30,000 lobbyists in town, Brussels is often called the European capital of lobbying. Despite this, little is known on how this political system works in practice. This book offers an unprecedented window into the everyday relationships between bureaucrats and interest representatives. Where the media only shows lobbyists as they meet MEPs and submit amendments, the book argues that the bulk of their work is done in close contact with EU bureaucrats – a form of ‘quiet politics’ developed by the business community, targeting officials with little public exposure. Based on official archives, the book first sets the historical picture for the emergence of a new layer of bureaucrats; fuelled by European and transatlantic capitalism, it altered the political façade of the business community to fulfil its need for legitimacy. Drawing from observations of internal meetings of the main lobbies operating in Brussels and interviews with lobbyists and Commission officials, the book then shows lobbyists at work. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of the European Union, interest groups, and more broadly to political science and sociology.

The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy

The European Commission and Bureaucratic Autonomy
Author: Antonis A. Ellinas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107023211

Documents the struggle of the European Commission to maintain its autonomy in a complex institutional setting and adverse political environment.

The Field of Eurocracy

The Field of Eurocracy
Author: D. Georgakakis
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2013-12-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137294701

The word Eurocracy has resonance throughout out Europe but in reality we know little about the people who work in and around the EU or how they fit into its large bureaucratic framework. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book addresses this problem by exploring the MEPs, diplomats, civil servants and commissioners that work in and around the EU.

The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System

The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System
Author: M. Bauer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2015-01-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137339896

Drawing on research from the administrative sciences and using organizational, institutional and decision-making theories, this volume examines the emerging bureaucratic framework of the EU and highlights that analyzing the patterns and dynamics of the EU's administrative capacities is essential to understand how it shapes European public policy.

International Bureaucracy

International Bureaucracy
Author: Michael W. Bauer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2016-10-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349949779

This book applies established analytical concepts such as influence, authority, administrative styles, autonomy, budgeting and multilevel administration to the study of international bureaucracies and their political environment. It reflects on the commonalities and differences between national and international administrations and carefully constructs the impact of international administrative tools on policy making. The book shows how the study of international bureaucracies can fertilize interdisciplinary discourse, in particular between International Relations, Comparative Government and Public Administration. The book makes a forceful argument for Public Administration to take on the challenge of internationalization.

European Perspectives for Public Administration

European Perspectives for Public Administration
Author: Geert Bouckaert
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9462702039

Ebook available in Open Access: oapen.org/search?identifier=1006705 Strategies and priorities for the public sector in Europe The public sector in our society has over the past two decades undergone substantial changes, as has the academic field studying Public Administration (PA). In the next twenty years major shifts are further expected to occur in the way futures are anticipated and different cultures are integrated. Practice will be handled in a relevant way, and more disciplines will be engaging in the field of Public Administration. The prominent scholars contributing to this book put forward research strategies and focus on priorities in the field of Public Administration. The volume will also give guidance on how to redesign teaching programmes in the field. This book will provide useful insights to compare and contrast European PA with PA in Europe, and with developments in other parts of the world. Contributors: Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven), Werner Jann (University of Potsdam), Jana Bertels (University of Potsdam), Paul Joyce (University of Birmingham), Meelis Kitsing (Estonian Business School, Tallinn), Thurid Hustedt (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin), Tiina Randma-Liiv (Tallinn University of Technology), Martin Burgi (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich), Philippe Bezès (Science Po Paris; CNRS), Salvador Parrado (Spanish Distance Learning University (UNED), Madrid), Mark Bovens (Utrecht University; WRR), Roel Jennissen (WRR), Godfried Engbersen (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Meike Bokhorst (WRR), Bogdana Neamtu (Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca), Christopher Pollitt (KU Leuven), Edoardo Ongaro (Open University UK, Milton Keynes), Raffaella Saporito (Bocconi University, Milan), Per Laegreid (University of Bergen), Marcel Karré (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Thomas Schillemans (Utrecht University), Martijn Van de Steen (Nederlandse School voor Openbaar Bestuur), Zeger van de Wal (National University of Singapore), Michael Bauer (University of Speyer), Stefan Becker (University of Speyer), Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans (Université de Toulouse), Filipe Teles (University of Aveiro), Denita Cepiku (Tor Vergata University of Rome), Marco Meneguzzo (Tor Vergata University of Rome), Külli Sarapuu (Tallinn University of Technology), Leno Saarniit (Tallinn University of Technology), Gyorgy Hajnal (Corvinus University of Budapest; Centre for Social Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences).

The European Commission of the Twenty-First Century

The European Commission of the Twenty-First Century
Author: Hussein Kassim
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2013-06-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199599521

Co-authored by an international team of researchers and drawing on interviews with senior officials, The European Commission of the Twenty-First Century tests, challenges and refutes many widely held myths about the Commission and the people who work for it.

The Ghostwriters

The Ghostwriters
Author: Tommaso Pavone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2022-04-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1009084445

The European Union is often depicted as a cradle of judicial activism and a polity built by courts. Tommaso Pavone shows how this judge-centric narrative conceals a crucial arena for political action. Beneath the radar, Europe's political development unfolded as a struggle between judges who resisted European law and lawyers who pushed them to embrace change. Under the sheepskin of rights-conscious litigants and activist courts, these “Euro-lawyers” sought clients willing to break state laws conflicting with European law, lobbied national judges to uphold European rules, and propelled them to submit noncompliance cases to the European Union's supreme court – the European Court of Justice – by ghostwriting their referrals. By shadowing lawyers who encourage deliberate law-breaking and mobilize courts against their own governments, The Ghostwriters overturns the conventional wisdom regarding the judicial construction of Europe and illuminates how the politics of lawyers can profoundly impact institutional change and transnational governance.

The European Commission and the Integration of Europe

The European Commission and the Integration of Europe
Author: Liesbet Hooghe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780521001434

Based on interviews with 137 top Commission officials, this 2002 book challenges assumptions about the European Commission.