European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis
Author | : Didier Georgakakis |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2017-08-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783319517926 |
ISBN-13 | : 3319517929 |
Rating | : 4/5 (929 Downloads) |
Download or read book European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis written by Didier Georgakakis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, part of the new wave of political sociology in EU studies, examines the dialectics of construction/deconstruction of the European civil service through a succession of empirically grounded case studies. Breaking with the usual representations of ‘Eurocrats’, it sheds light on a hidden aspect of the current European crisis: a crisis of social reproduction which affects the European civil service in a heavy context of management reforms, enlargements, institutional changes and the euro crisis. This in turn has a number of consequences in terms of internal tensions, power, and more broadly, the capacity of EU institutions to create convergence between diverging national and economic interests, and to embody a European future. European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis will be of interest to students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including politics, sociology and public administration, to practitioners working in and with the EU institutions, as well as those wishing to know more about the EU.