At the heart of the Union : studies of the European Commission - Nugent, Neill (Basingstoke : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997)
1. At the Heart of the Union / Neill Nugent -- 2. European Commisioners 1952-1995: National Routes to a European Elite / Andrew MacMullen -- 3. Identities in the European Commission / Maryon McDonald -- 4. Administrative Culture in the European Commission: The Cases of Competition and Environment / Michelle Cini -- 5. A House with Differing Views: The European Commission and Cohesion Policy / Liesbet Hooghe -- 6. The Commission as an Agent / Mark A. Pollack -- 7. Uniting European Industrial Policy: A Commission Agenda for Integration / Thomas C. Lawton -- 8. Safeguarding the Economic Constitution: The Commission and Competition Policy / Lee McGowan -- 9. The Commission Made Me Do It: The European Commission as a Strategic Asset in Domestic Politics / Mitchell P. Smith -- 10. The Commission and Implementation in the European Union: Is There an Implementation Deficit and Why? / B. Guy Peters -- 11. Managing the Managers: The Commission's Role in the Implementation of Spending Programmes / Roger Levy -- 12. The European Commission and the Politics of Legitimacy in the European Union / Helen Drake -- 13. The Commission and the Intergovernmental Conferences / Desmond Dinan -- 14. The Role of Commission: A Theoretical Discussion / Janne Haaland Matlary -- 15. Themes and Prospects / Neill Nugent -- Annex. Directorates General and Special Units of the Commission.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-315) and index.
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Keywords: European Commission; European Union; European Union