Author (Person) | Trondal, Jarle |
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Series Title | European Integration Online Papers (EIOP) |
Series Details | Vol.10 (2006), No.4 |
Publication Date | 13/06/2006 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
This study explores the multiple representational roles evoked by an under-researched segment of the European Commission: temporary Commission officials. The article has a dual ambition: The first is to outline an institutional perspective on representation that seizes a middle-ground between intergovernmental and neo-functional notions of representation. The second ambition is to empirically illuminate this perspective inside the Commission. It is argued that temporary Commission officials offer a crucial test-bed of institutional dynamics of representation inside the Commission writ large. Based on survey and interview data on temporary hired officials in the Commission, this study supports |
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Source Link | http://eiop.or.at/eiop/pdf/2006-004.pdf |
Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
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