Browsing ISL Working Papers by Subject "political science"
Now showing items 1-10 of 10
-
Agencification
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2013)One persistent theme in public administration is whether a government portfolio should be organized as an integrated ministry or as a dual organization composed of a ministerial department and one or several semi-detached ... -
Are international bureaucracies vehicles for the common good?
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2012)This paper challenges widely held claims that international bureaucracies lack the potential to profoundly shape the behaviour, roles and identities of its personnel, and that the role of international civil servants are ... -
Briefing note - The Emerging Core of the EU’s Macro-regional Governance Architecture: Mapping the Roles, Tasks and Self-Perceptions of Priority Area Coordinators and Horizontal Action Leaders in the EU Strategies for the Baltic Sea and the Danube Regions
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2014)Macro-regional strategies of the European Union (EU), such as the ones for the Baltic Sea and the Danube Regions, are relatively new elements of EU cohesion policy. Targeting EU member and partner countries alike, these ... -
Bureaucratic structure, geographical location and the autonomy of administrative systems. Evidence from the European External Action Service
(ISL Working Papers;2013:7, Working paper, 2013)Formulating and implementing public policy in Europe has historically been a prerogative of national administrations. This paper explores how these prerogatives may have become challenged with the ‘autonomization’ of the ... -
Differentiated Integration and the Nordic States: the Case of Norway
(ISL Working Papers;2013:2, Working paper, 2013)Since the early 1990s, the relationship between Norway and the European Union (EU) became increasingly complex and accounts for about three quarters of the European legislation. Despite the outcome of the 1994 referendum ... -
European Union Foreign Policy after the Treaty of Lisbon:Chartering the Contours of the European External Action Service
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2013)The EU’s newly established diplomatic service, the European External Action Service (EEAS), has attracted research interest from several sub-disciplines in political science and law. Two gaps in the contemporary literature, ... -
NASJONAL ADMINISTRATIV SUVERENITET – MYTE ELLER REALITET?
(ISL Working Papers;2013, Working paper, 2013)Til tross for EUs overnasjonale karakter på de fleste politikkområder, har det vært vanlig å si at også medlemsstatene nyter en form for administrativ suverenitet. Med dette menes at selv om EUs politikk (for eksempel i ... -
Organized systems and the ambiguities of behavior and change. Lessons from universities and jazz orchestras
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2013)Institutional change entails balancing multiple competing, inconsistent and often loosely coupled demands and concerns, often simultaneously. The ambition of this chapter is to discuss how organizations balance seemingly ... -
SHAPING A COLLABORATION: THE SPITZENKANDIDATEN PROCEDURE AS A TRANSPARENT BEST PRACTICE
(ISL Working Papers;, Working paper, 2015)ABSTRACT: The spitzenkandidaten procedure has been described as a coup d’état of the parliament against the council; a counter-revolution of the S&D against the PPE; something short of an illegal move against the treaties. ... -
The European Union’s development policy: a balancing act between ‘a more comprehensive approach’ and creeping securitisation
(ISL Working Papers;2012:11, Working paper, 2012)‘Security’ has become prominent in official EU development discourse in recent years, and references to security concerns are routinely included in policy statements and documents. Our objective in this paper is to determine ...