The European Commission has increasingly focused on the benefits it can derive from the greater participation of organized civil society in its role and activities. In the face of general decline in public trust in the institutions of government, it facilitated and encouraged new channels of access
European Union Administration: Legitimacy and Efficiency
β Scribed by Nedergaard, P.N.E.
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 223
- Series
- Nijhoff Law Specials
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The book analyses the administrative system in the European Union with a focus on the efficiency and legitimacy of the administrative practices. In the analysis three distinct theoretical perspectives are used (a structural, a procedural and a cultural), thus ensuring that a broad variety of factors are included.
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