Emmanuelle Schön-Quinlivan ; foreword by Neil Kinnock
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011
xx, 233 pages :
illustrations,
23 cm
Palgrave studies in European Union politics
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index
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 -- Understanding heterogeneous institutional change in the Commission