Why European Commissioners Matter
SMITH, Andy
Centre d'étude et de recherche sur la vie locale [CERVL]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
Centre d'étude et de recherche sur la vie locale [CERVL]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
SMITH, Andy
Centre d'étude et de recherche sur la vie locale [CERVL]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
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Centre d'étude et de recherche sur la vie locale [CERVL]
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques [FNSP]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Journal of Common Market Studies. 2003-03, vol. 41, n° 1, p. 137-155
Wiley
English Abstract
Discussions of the role European Commissioners play in European Union politicsare shaped by three powerful implicit assumptions. These posit a causal relationshipbetween a Commissioner’s behaviour and previous career, ...Read more >
Discussions of the role European Commissioners play in European Union politicsare shaped by three powerful implicit assumptions. These posit a causal relationshipbetween a Commissioner’s behaviour and previous career, portfolio and nationalorigin. In addition, Commissioners are seen as exacerbating the fragmentation of theEuropean Commission as a whole. Based on an empirical study of eight Commis-sioners from the Delors II and the Santer colleges, this article challenges or reformu-lates these assumptions. In so doing, it also shows that sociologies of actors such asEuropean Commissioners ‘matter’ to the study of politics in the European Union.Read less <
English Keywords
European Commissioners
European Union
politics
role
Origin
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