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1 online resource (176 pages) |
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1. Studying Eurocrats at work -- 2. Toward a Europeanised civil service? : a survey study -- 3. Eurocratic work as strategic behaviour : moving before the commission does in veterinary policy -- 4. Getting things done in European police cooperation -- 5. Bridge builders or bridgeheads in Brussels? : the world of seconded national experts -- 6. Understanding Eurocratic work : conclusions and reflections |
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1. STUDYING EUROCRATS AT WORK -- Emerging Eurocracy: National civil servants and European integration -- From diplomats to international experts -- Tensions and dilemmas in diplomatic practice -- Research questions -- Methods -- Book plan -- 2. TOWARD A EUROPEANISED CIVIL SERVICE: A SURVEY STUDY -- Surveying the Dutch civil service -- Finding Dutch Eurocrats -- The organisational context of Dutch Eurocracy -- The virtuous spiral of organisational Europeanisation -- 3. EUROCRATIC WORK AS STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR: MOVING BEFORE THE COMMISSION DOES IN VETERINARY POLICY -- Representing the national interest in Brussels -- Uploading in the preproposal phase -- Research design -- Frontloading, signalling and coalition formation in veterinary policy -- Eurocratic work as strategic behaviour: Conclusions -- 4. GETTING THINGS DONE IN EUROPEAN POLICE COOPERATION -- Eurocratic work in the Third Pillar: A different world? -- The case of data availability: Messy policymaking in Europe -- Species of Eurocrats -- Understanding national Eurocrats: Conclusions -- 5. BRIDGE BUILDERS OR BRIDGEHEADS IN BRUSSELS? THE WORLD OF SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERTS -- Living and breathing the Brussels bureaucracy -- Getting inside the insiders Methodology and data -- Demand and supply: The Dutch and the expert secondment system -- Profiling the Dutch expert contingent -- Knowing how and knowing who: Networking -- Life after secondment SNEs and their careers -- An underutilised asset: Conclusions -- 6. UNDERSTANDING EUROCRATIC WORK CONCLUSIONS AND REFLECTIONS -- Dutch Eurocracy revisited -- Eurocrats How many where -- Eurocratic work Individual professionalism -- Eurocratic work Organisational preconditions -- Graasping the real world of Eurocracy: The road ahead |
| Summary |
Offers unique and invaluable insights into the activities of national civil servants' working practices in the EU and into some of the secrets of this somewhat hidden world of EU governance |
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Multi-User |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
European Union
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European Union fast |
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Mathematics and science.
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Science: general issues.
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LAW -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Employees
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European Union countries -- Officials and employees
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European Union countries
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Geuijen, Karin, 1962-
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| ISBN |
9789048501472 |
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9048501474 |
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