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Auteur(s) : Müller, Henriette (19..-.... ; politologue)
Titre(s) : Political leadership and the European Commission presidency [Texte imprimé] / Henriette Müller
Édition : 1st edition
Publication : Oxford, GB ; New York : Oxford university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV- 326 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
The EU's pluralistic, nonhierarchical system of multilevel governance lacks clear
structures of both government and opposition. According to the EU treaties, the presidency
of the European Commission is thus not explicitly expected to exercise political leadership.
However, the position cannot effectively be exercised without any demonstration of
such leadership due to its many leadership functions. Examining this curious mix of
strong political demands, weak institutional powers, and need for political leadership,
this book systematically analyses the political leadership performance of the presidents
of the European Commission throughout the process of European integration. The basic
argument is that Commission presidents matter not only in the process of European
integration, but that their impact varies according to how the different incumbents
deal with the institutional structure and the situational circumstances, and thus
their available strategic choices. The primary research question is thus, What makes
political leadership in European governance successful and to what extent (and why)
do Commission presidents differ in their leadership performance? In addressing this
question, this book departs from existing research on EU leadership, which has to
date often analysed either the EU's institutional structure and its potential for
leadership or mainly focused on only the most recent incumbents in case study analyses.
Focusing on the multiterm European Commission presidents Walter Hallstein, Jacques
Delors, and Jose Manuel Barroso, this book conceptualizes their political leadership
as a performance, and thus systematically analyzes their agenda-setting, mediative-institutional,
and public outreach performance over the entire course of their presidential terms
Indice(s) Dewey :
341.242 202 (23e éd.) = Union européenne - Ouvrages divers
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0198842007. - ISBN 9780198842002
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb466278359
Notice n° :
FRBNF46627835
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