The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
The Administrative System of the European Union....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
European Public Administration as a Multilevel Administration: A Conceptual Framework....Pages 31-47
The Two Logics of Multilevel Administration in the EU....Pages 48-65
EU Administration: Center Formation and Multilevelness....Pages 66-78
A Conceptual Account of the European Administrative Space....Pages 79-92
Administrative Styles of EU Institutions....Pages 93-107
Administrative Reforms in the European Commission and the Neo-Weberian Model....Pages 108-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
The European Commission — Politics and Administration....Pages 127-144
Politicization of the European Commission: When, How, and with What Impact?....Pages 145-160
The Permanent Commission Bureaucrat....Pages 161-187
The Temporary Commission Bureaucrat....Pages 188-207
The European External Action Service (EEAS), the New Kid on the Block....Pages 208-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
The European Parliament Administration: Organizational Structure and Behavioral Implications....Pages 227-245
Officials ‘Pre-Cooking’ EU Affairs? The Role of EP Officials in the Ordinary Legislative Procedure (OLP)....Pages 246-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
The EU Council(s) System and Administrative Fusion....Pages 265-280
The Institutional Context of the European Union’s Council System and the Intentional Design of Discretion for Preparatory Agents....Pages 281-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
The Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Administrative Space....Pages 301-312
The European Court of Auditors and Its Relationship with National Independent Audit Institutions: The Evolving Audit Function in the EU Multilevel System....Pages 313-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
The EU’s Subordinated Agency Administration and the Rise of Executive Power at European Level....Pages 329-348
Exploring the EU Commission-Agency Relationship: Partnership or Parenthood?....Pages 349-365
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Horizontal Capacity Pooling: Direct, Decentralized, Joint Policy Execution....Pages 369-382
EU Administration and Interaction with International Organizations....Pages 383-400
The Expert-Executive Nexus in the European Administrative System: Expert Groups and the European Commission....Pages 401-418
Comitology: Over 50 Years of Institutional Reforms and Emerging Practices....Pages 419-431
Subnational Administrations in the EU Multilevel System: Perspectives from the Bureaucratic Elite....Pages 432-448
The Europeanization of Civil Services and Human Resources (HR) Policies....Pages 449-463
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Holding Executive Power to Account: The EU Administration’s Accountability Challenge(s)....Pages 467-481
The European Administrative System Reassessed....Pages 482-505
Back Matter....Pages 506-511