The European Commission in the Post-Lisbon Era of Crises : Between Political Leadership and Policy Management
ISBN: 9783035262940
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / P.I.E. - Peter Lang SA Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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Subjects: Law; Political Science;

The European Commission has alternatively been portrayed as an all-powerful institution controlling far too many resources versus a bureaucracy that operates at the behest of Member States. In recent years the EU has been beset by major challenges coming from the inside (the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty) and the outside (the global financial crisis). How has the Commission responded to these events? Has the Commission changed substantially in terms of its institutional structure or the functions it performs? To what extent was the Commission actively promoting such changes versus accepting initiatives emanating from the Member States?
This edited volume seeks to answer these questions by examining this institution and how it has performed in several major policy areas in which the Commission traditionally has been both very active and others in which its influence has been more limited. This comparative study examines the impact that the changes brought about this past decade has had on the Commission.

Michele Chang is Professor in the Department of European Political and Administrative Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges). She was previously a Fulbright Scholar at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.
Jörg Monar is Director of Studies in the Department of European Political and Administrative Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges). He has been Professor at the College of Europe (Bruges and Natolin) since 1991.

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