Reforming the European Commission

Analyses the impact of the managerial reforms of the European Commission. In 1999 the resignation of the College of Commissioners triggered the implementation of a White Paper which listed 98 measures to overhaul the way the Commission did business. Ten years later what impact have the reforms had on the European Commission and European governance?

The author empirically investigates three major aspects of the reforms. Combining interview data with a thorough analysis of official documents, the book nicely complements previous research on the Kinnock reforms with a comprehensive focus on changes in formal structures and management procedure. are relevant not only for Commission experts and public management scholars, but also for researchers and practitioners interested in organizational change and the implementation of administrative policies. a timely and relevant read. (Jörn Ege, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 53 (5), 2015)

Autorentext

EMMANUELLE SCHÖN-QUINLIVAN Lecturer in Politics with the Department of Government at University College Cork, Republic of Ireland. She specialises in European Union politics, public management and institutional change. She has published extensively on the impact of the Kinnock reforms on the European Commission, including in the Journal of European Public Policy.

Inhalt
Introduction: How to analyse administrative reforms in the European Commission 1950 1984: Constructing the administrative Commission 1985 1998: the foundations for the Kinnock reforms A novel strategy for reform Reforming public administrations: New Public Management and the White Paper From policy to practice: operationalising NPM The Secretariat General: a case study in innovation DG Regional Policy: a case study in adaptation DG Transport and Energy: a case study in resistance Conclusions: understanding heterogeneous institutional change in the Commission