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The European Administrative System Reassessed

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The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System

Part of the book series: European Administrative Governance ((EAGOV))

Abstract

This volume started by addressing a set of research questions that are worth revisiting:

  • To what extent, how, and under what conditions may the emergent European administrative system challenge and complement crucial functions of preexisting administrative systems?

  • Are the characteristics of this emergent administrative system fairly stable and enduring or easily subject to change and reform?

  • Does the European administrative system represent a radical institutional transformation from the inherent Westphalian order of politico-administrative power, or is it merely an adjustment of well-known principles and practices of administrative organization and patterns of public policy making?

  • To what extent and how does the European administrative system impact on preexisting processes of administrative control, accountability, coordination, implementation, and policy learning?

  • More broadly, how does the European administrative system change public administration as an instrument of national democratic authority and its role in parliamentary oversight?

  • Finally, do the different parts of administrative capacity building that we have observed at EU level add up to a new polity formation? In short, does the sum of administrative capacities — and their interrelationships — aggregate to some kind of common administrative system? If so, this volume aims to get a more precise picture of what such a system looks like.

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Trondal, J. (2015). The European Administrative System Reassessed. In: Bauer, M.W., Trondal, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System. European Administrative Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137339898_28

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