This book, part of the new wave of political sociology in EU studies, examines the dialectics of construction/deconstruction of the European civil service throu

This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as nation

European integration is under pressure. At the same time, the notion of a European administrative space is being explicitly voiced. But does a shared idea of th

Based on a survey of more than 6700 top civil servants in 17 European countries, this book explores the impacts of New Public Management (NPM)-style reforms in