European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis : A Political Sociology of the Changing Power of Eurocrats

This book, part of the new wave of political sociology in EU studies, examines the dialectics of construction/deconstruction of the European civil service through a succession of empirically grounded case studies. Breaking with the usual representations of 'Eurocrats', it sheds light on a...

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Main Author Georgakakis, Didier (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
SeriesPalgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Subjects
Social sciences.
European Union.
Economic sociology.
Political sociology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Moving pictures
  • 1. A contested identity: genesis of the Eurocrat figure: between stigma and affirmation of a differentiated supranational body
  • 2. The making of a status group: Reconsidering socialization to the European Institutions
  • 3. Genesis and structure of European bureaucratic capital: Senior European Commission officials
  • 4. Soft skills versus expertise and knowledge: The changing core competencies of European civil servants
  • 5. Reforming EU open competitions or how the 'Custodians of Europe' are now imitating undifferentiated international managers
  • 6. How domination matters: New internal struggles and integrating European-enlargement newcomers
  • 7. Both the pilot and a victim of austerity? How the European Commission's administration changed under the economic and financial crisis.-Conclusion: Neoliberalized neoliberalists? The weakening sociological foundations of a pivot group and European political order.

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