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008 131205s2013 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013043907
020 $a9781137294692 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aJN35$b.F54 2013
082 00 $a341.242/2$223
084 $aPOL017000$aPOL028000$aPOL033000$aPOL040020$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe field of Eurocracy :$bmapping EU actors and professionals /$cedited by Didier Georgakakis and Jay Rowell.
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
300 $axiv, 274 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aEuropean administrative governance series
520 $a"The term 'Eurocracy' is a word that exists in all European languages. Yet beyond fantasized representations of the 'Brussels bubble', we know little about members of the European Parliament, Commissioners, European civil servants, lobbyists, members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, European trade unionists, diplomats and journalists who work in or around the EU institutions? What are their social and professional trajectories, the type of authority they possess, and how does it matter? Based on extensive fieldwork, this volume aims at answering these questions by building upon Pierre Bourdieu's theory of the field of bureaucracy. 45 years after Altiero Spinelli's 'The Eurocrats', this book sheds new light on the relational structures that underpin the functioning of the EU polity. Specialists of European affairs, scholars and students in politics, administration and sociology as well as citizens will find original insights to understanding EU institutions and why the European project appears to be in crisis. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 248-268) and indexes.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Studying Eurocracy as a Bureaucratic Field; Didier Georgakakis, Jay Rowell -- 1. MEPs: Towards a Specialization of European Political Work?; Willy Beauvallet and Se;bastien Michon -- 2. Tensions Within Eurocracy: A Socio-Morphological Perspective; Didier Georgakakis -- 3. The Permanent Representatives to the EU: Going Native in the European Field?; Filippa Chatzistavrou -- 4. ECB Leaders: a New European Monetary Elite?; Fre;de;ric Lebaron -- 5. The World of European Information: The Institutional and Relational Genesis of the EU Public Sphere; Philippe Aldrin -- 6. Expert Groups in the Field of Eurocracy; Ce;cile Robert -- 7. Interest Groups and Lobbyists in the European Political Space: The Permanent Eurocrats; Guillaume Courty, Hélène Michel -- 8. The Personnel of the European Trade Union Confederation: Specifically European Types of Capital?; Anne-Catherine Wagner -- 9. European Business Leaders: A Focus on the Upper Layers of the European Field Power; François-Xavier Dudouet, Eric Gre;mont, Audrey Pageaut, Antoine Vion -- Conclusion: The Field of Eurocracy: A New Map for New Research Horizons; Didier Georgakakis.
650 0 $aBureaucracy$zEuropean Union countries.
610 20 $aEuropean Union$xOfficials and employees.
650 0 $aElite (Social sciences)$zEuropean Union countries.
651 0 $aEuropean Union countries$xPolitics and government.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aGeorgakakis, Didier,$eauthor,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aRowell, Jay,$eauthor,$eeditor of compilation.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/692/9781137294692/image/lgcover.9781137294692.jpg