CES Working Papers
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International executives : transformative bureaucracies or Westphalian orders?
(CES Working Papers;2004:2;, Working paper, 2004)Public Administration is in an era of change. This paper studies one under-researched part of public administration, the executive arms of International Governmental Organizations (IGOs). These are referred to as International ... -
Reforming hospitals through new roles of management : hospital managers' interpretation of leadership conditions in Denmark and Norway
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Governing at the frontier of the European Commission : the case of seconded national officials
(CES Working Papers;2005:5;, Working paper, 2005)Studies of executive institutions have largely dealt separately with national and international executive institutions (IEIs). This study unpacks and repacks four conflicting decision-making dynamics that unfolds at the ... -
Internasjonalisering av forskning : endrede rammebetingelser og lokal tilpasning
(CES Working Papers;2005:8;, Working paper, 2005)This article illustrates traditional and emerging patterns of internationalisation of research. The article identifies changing national and international conditions for research, and analyses the actual research practices ... -
Is the European Commission a hothouse for supranationalism? : theorising and exploring the world of Commission civil servants
(CES Working Papers;2005:7, Working paper, 2005)Does the European Commission (Commission) manage to transform and re-direct the roles played by Commission civil servants? To test the old neo-functionalist claim on loyalty transfer among civil servants, this article ... -
Agenda setting in the European Commission : how tha European Commission structure and influence the EU agenda
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After hierarchy? : integration and differentiation within Scandinavian Central Administrations
(CES Working Papers;2005:3;, Working paper, 2005)This study demonstrates that the differentiated organisatational constellation of the European Union (EU) contribute to a differentiated penetration of domestic government decision-making processes. The question posed is ... -
Two faces of internationalisation of administrative policy : between government innovation and transgovernmental imitation
(CES Working Papers;2004:4;, Working paper, 2004)Whereas domestic public policy is increasingly penetrated by international governmental organisations, domestic government institutions seem less adaptive. This puzzle triggers the following question: To what extent is the ... -
EU Committee governance and the emerging community administration
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De-territorialisering av offentlig politikk? : europeisk integrasjon og sub-regionale beslutningsprosesser
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The Norwegian central administration ten years after accession
(CES Working Papers;2005:4;, Working paper, 2005)This study demonstrates that the European Commission contribute to weaken hierarchical decision-making processes, and ultimately politico-administrative control and oversight, within the Norwegian central administration. ... -
Turkish foreign and security policy in the current era
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De norske departementene under EØS-avtalen : flernivådeltakelse og byråkratisk vev
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Re-discovering international executive institutions
(CES Working Papers;2004:5;, Working paper, 2004)Public Administration is in an era of change. This article aims at re-discovering one underresearched part of public administration, the executive arms of International Governmental Organizations (IGOs). These are referred ... -
Administrative fusion : towards a European "mega-administration"?
(CES Working Papers;2007:2;, Working paper, 2007)This study offers an organisation theory approach on administrative fusion. It is argued that the differentiated organisatational constellation of the European Union contributes to a differentiated fusion of domestic core ... -
Lost in translation? : European integration and lanuage diversity
(CES Working Papers;2006:4;, Working paper, 2006)English is constantly moving forward and elucidates its role as lingua franca in the European Union. At the same time the Union has 20 official languages and promotes around 150 regional or minority languages under its ... -
Towards an institutional perspective on representation : ambiguous representation in the European Commission
(CES Working Papers;2006:1, Working paper, 2006)This study explores the multiple representational roles evoked by Commission officials. The article has a dual ambition: The first is to outline an institutional perspective on representation that seizes a middle-ground ... -
Images of Agency Governance in the European Union : Community institutions, autonomous administrative spaces, or multilevel network administrations?
(CES Working Papers;2006:5;, Working paper, 2006)Diagnosis of the transformation of executive governance in Europe must incorporate the diverse dynamics of EU-level agencies. This paper conceptualises theoretically and explores empirically multiple images of governance ... -
The anatomy of autonomy : reassessing the autonomy of the European Commission
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The public administration turn in integration research
(CES Working Papers; 2006:6;, Working paper, 2006)This article highlights how the study of public administration is brought back into the study of European integration and European Union (EU) governance. The public administration turn in integration research has brought ...