The Normalization of the European Commission: Politics and Bureaucracy in the Eu Executive

by Anchrit Wille

The European Commission started out in the 1950s as a technocratic international organization. Today, it has acquired many of the organizational features and behavioural patterns that are highly typical of the 'normal' executives in national settings. This 'normalization' of the EU executive is due to a series of treaty reforms and internal administrative transformations that were effectuated after the demise of the Santer Commission.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199665699
• ISBN13: 9780199665693
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"