Diffuse anxieties, deprived entrepreneurs : Commission reform and middle management

Bauer, Michael W.

Diffuse anxieties, deprived entrepreneurs : Commission reform and middle management

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Date

2008

Publication type

Journal article

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Journal of European Public Policy ; 15 (2008), 5. - pp. 691-707

Abstract

There is consensus that the Kinnock reform changed the European Commission considerably. However, scholars have focused mainly on describing the process, content, and scope of the reform. There is as yet little empirical research about the effects this reform may have. This paper puts forward an argument as regards the link between reform effects and policy output. In order to do so, it focuses on the new role of middle management, i.e. the heads of unit. A survey of more than 100 heads of unit of policy-making Directorates-General serves as the empirical basis. The data indicate a substantial ambiguity of the heads of unit towards recent organizational change. As a consequence of the reform, the Commission will probably become more inward-looking and previously crucial policy entrepreneurs will have less time and other resources for advocating policy content than in the past.

Subject (DDC)

320 Politics

Keywords

Administrative reform,European Commission,middle management,policy drafting,policy entrepreneur,policy output

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BAUER, Michael W., 2008. Diffuse anxieties, deprived entrepreneurs : Commission reform and middle management. In: Journal of European Public Policy. 15(5), pp. 691-707. Available under: doi: 10.1080/13501760802133187

BibTex

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  year={2008},
  doi={10.1080/13501760802133187},
  title={Diffuse anxieties, deprived entrepreneurs : Commission reform and middle management},
  number={5},
  volume={15},
  journal={Journal of European Public Policy},
  pages={691--707},
  author={Bauer, Michael W.}
}

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