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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.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. Concepts, Theories, and Context of the EU Administration
Chapter 2. The EU's administration - a political hybrid between a national and an international administration;
Chapter 3. Organizational Theories and the EU administration;
Chapter 4. The EU Administration in Context
Part II. Administration and Institutions of the European Union
Chapter 5 : Staffing the EU institutions;
Chapter 6 : The Commission - Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture;
Chapter 7 : The Council of Ministers - Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture;
Chapter 8 : Perspectives - Efficiency and legitimacy of the EU administration
