The Europeanisation of National Administrations: Patterns of Institutional Change and Persistence

by Christoph Knill

• ISBN13: 9780521806329
• ISBN10: 0521806321
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-10
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Christoph Knill's book analyses the impact of European policies on national administrations. Under which conditions can we expect domestic change, particularly the convergence of administrative styles and structures? How can we explain national patterns of administrative transformation in the context of Europeanisation? Knill's study is a comparative assessment of the factors influencing administrative adjustment to European policy demands in the member states. It addresses the topic from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining institution-based and agency-based approaches, and includes a detailed account of the administrative impact of EU environmental policy in Britain and Germany. The Europeanisation of National Administrations will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners in the fields of European studies, public administration and public policy, environmental politics, and European and administrative law.

Table of Contents

List of tables	ix
Preface	xi
List of abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(6)
I Theoretical frame of reference and analytical approach	7	(52)
The keywords: European integration, comparative administration and implementation	9	(11)
An institutional approach to administrative change	20	(15)
The analytical framework	35	(24)
II Administrative traditions in Germany and Britain: opposing patterns and dynamics	59	(58)
The institutional foundation of German and British administrative traditions	61	(24)
Administrative reform capacity in Germany and Britain: autonomous versus instrumental administration	85	(32)
III Domestic change and persistence: the impplementation of EU environmental policy	117	(82)
The administrative implications of EU environmental policy	119	(16)
Germany: the constraints of a static core	135	(29)
Britain: the opportunities of a dynamic core	164	(35)
IV The Europeanisation of national administrations: comparative assessment and general conclusions	199	(29)
Comparative assessment: the explanatory value of institutions	201	(12)
Towards generalisation: different mechanisms of Europeanisation	213	(15)
References	228	(22)
Index	250