
Transforming for Europe
The reshaping of national bureaucracies in a system of multi-level governance
Caspar Van Den Berg(Author)
Leiden University Press
Published on 20. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
454 pages
978-90-8728-121-2 (ISBN)
Description
In Transforming for Europe. The reshaping of national bureaucracies in a system of multi-level governance, Caspar van den Berg explores the implications of the increasingly multi-level nature of governance for the French, British and Dutch national bureaucracies. Power and competencies in Western Europe are shared by various layers of government as well as multiple types of state and nonstate actors. What does this mean for the organisation and functioning of national bureaucracies? While the civil service has become less bureaucratic (in the Weberian sense) in some respects, it is more bureaucratic in others: task-separation and record-keeping for oversight have increased, while permanence of office and political neutrality in various places have decreased. The EU is not a single direct source to any of these developments yet its presence is certainly felt and cross-national distinction is less stark. Nevertheless, deeply ingrained national structures and cultures have thus far prevented the convergence of national bureaucracies into a single European administrative model.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-8728-121-2 (9789087281212)
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Caspar van den Berg (1980) studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and has a PhD from Leiden University. He currently works as an assistant professor at Leiden University and as a public management consultant at Berenschot.
Content
Transforming for Europe : The reshaping of national bureaucracies in a system of multi-level governance - 2[-]Table of Contents - 6[-]Preface - 8[-]1 SHIFTS IN GOVERNANCE IN WESTERN EUROPE - 10[-]2 EUROPEANISATION AND MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE - 16[-]3 CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEMS - 38[-]4 THE EU'S DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT ON NATIONAL POLITICA-ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS - 84[-]5 METHODS - 112[-]6 BUREAUCRACY AND MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: A MULTITIERED APPROACH - 130[-]7 FRANCE - 138[-]8 BRITAIN - 202[-]9 THE NETHERLANDS - 266[-]10 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS - 350[-]11 CONCLUSIONS: CUSTOMISED EUROPEANISATION - 372[-]Appendix: Questionnaire - 402[-]Notes - 414[-]References - 418[-]Samenvatting - 438[-]Acknowledgements - 452[-]Curriculum Vitae - 454