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

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

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology

AnthropologyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3319517910
ISBN13: 9783319517919
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Sep 11 2017
Pages: 329
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

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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