Bureaucratic change in the European administrative space: The case of the European commission

Tradition and innovation: Europe's accumulated executive order

“…2 Consistent with this, Balint et al (2008) show that the Commission administration, as regards the degree of politicisation of the higher management and the degree of openness of the career system, over time has moved away from its Continental origin and instead moved closer to a British or Scandinavian model, i.e. in crucial respects a more independent service.…”

Political–Bureaucratic Accountability in the EU Commission: Modernising the Executive

“…Political and administrative reforms have Accountability in the EU Commission 1099 contributed to a more rigorous regime for raising accountability in the Commission. New structures and rules with a range of ex ante constraints and ex post incentives combine to provide a system with more control and accountability in and over the Commission (Balint et al 2008;Bauer 2007;Christiansen and Gray 2004;Kassim 2004;Peterson 2004). In any event, there are now more mechanisms in place than ever before.…”

The Impact of Expansion on European Union Institutions

“…Implementing enlargement coincided with the most relevant organizational reform the Commission has seen so far: the Kinnock reform of 2000 (Balint, Bauer et al 2008;Ellinas and Suleiman 2008;Kassim 2008;Kinnock 2004;Schön-Quinlivan 2008). This reform does not, however, play a relevant role in tracing the instruments that were developed in the enlargement context come across by other organizational units of the Commission.…”