1st Edition
National and Regional Symbolic Boundaries in the European Commission Towards an Ever-Closer Union?
By Daniel Drewski
Copyright 2022
192 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The process of European integration and the transfer of political authority from the national to the European level have led to the emergence of a field of EU policy making in Brussels, which attracts professionals and experts from all EU member states. This book contributes to research on the dynamics of social integration unfolding at the heart of this field. Based on in-depth interviews with... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The EU Commission and its civil service 3. Reflecting on national and regional differences in the EU Commission 4. Getting things done: Symbolic boundaries of organizational cultures 5. Speaking English or French? Symbolic boundaries of working language 6. Being an honorable European civil servant: Symbolic boundaries of professional values 7. Making it in the Commission: Symbolic boundaries of influence and career chances 8. Mental maps of Europe 9. Summary and conclusion
Biography
Daniel Drewski is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
