European Union administration : : legitimacy and efficiency / / by Peter Nedergaard.

• Superior document: Nijhoff law specials ; v. 69
• Author: Nedergaard, Peter, 1957-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff law specials ; 69.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. The administrative system of the European Union is described as a hybrid between a traditional national and an international administration. In the analysis three distinct theoretical perspectives are used (a structural, a procedural and a cultural), thus ensuring that a broad variety of factors are included. Furthermore, in the analysis the administration is seen from the perspective of an individual Eurocrat, but, simultaneously, the overall institutional perspective is maintained by a focus on the effects of the special characteristics of the administrative practices on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administration.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. The EUs Administration a Political Hybrid between a National and an International Administration -- Chapter Three. Organizational Theories and the EU Administration -- Chapter Four. The EU Administration in Context -- Chapter Five. Staffing the EU Institutions -- Chapter Six. The Commission Organizational Structure, Processes, and Culture -- Chapter Seven. The Council of Ministers Organizational Structure, Processes and Culture -- Chapter Eight. Perspectives Efficiency and Legitimacy of the EU Administration -- Bibliography -- Index.