Reforming the European Commission (Journal of European by Michael W. Bauer

Many overseas and supranational firms have in recent years been busy modernising their inner management. yet nowhere has administration swap bought the same volume of recognition than on the subject of the ecu fee. even though the belief prevails that the fee has been wasting out in recent times, this vibrant curiosity, educational in addition to public, within the so-called Kinnock reform means that this supplier nonetheless is still "at the guts of the Union". The proposition of this e-book therefore is easy. If it is still actual that the fee is a vital half in the (admittedly complicated) equation of european policy-making, alterations of the management foundation of this actor tend to have broader implications. accordingly, this distinctive factor poses 3 the most important questions about the new administrative reform of the eu fee: why used to be any such complete reform attainable, what are its particular implications for the fee as an employer and what's the most probably influence for the coverage process?

In brief, this e-book places the organisational base of ecu policy-making centre level. within the quest for solutions the authors of the next chapters take specific views, use a variety of learn concepts and techniques, and try to clear up varied empirical puzzles. yet all try and upload to our figuring out of this organisational base, and the way to systematically learn it.

This publication used to be released as a different factor of the Journal of ecu Public Policy.