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European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Moving Pictures -- Another Crisis -- The Politics of Forming a European Body -- Studying a Changing Power -- Outline -- 2 A Contested Identity: Genesis of the Eurocrat Figure - Between Stigma and Affirmation of a Differentiated Supranational Body -- Denouncing the Eurocrats and Institutionalizing 'Resistances' to Supranationality -- Reflection of a Risk -- An Instrument to Open Political Opportunities -- European Oracles Versus European Technocrats -- On the Euro-Functionary Side:Inverting the Stigma and Stylizing the Group -- Eurocracy in Practice -- Eurocracy as a Style -- 3 The Making of a Status Group: Reconsidering Socialization to the European Institutions -- A Status Group, or European Civil Servants as a Social Group -- Institutional Production of a Social Position -- Institutional Production of an Ethos of European Public Service -- Why Habitus Matters or What It Means to Become 'European' -- 4 Genesis and Structure of European Bureaucratic Capital: Senior European Commission Officials -- Genesis of a European Institutional Capital -- Building a Body and Denationalizing the Habitus -- A Compliant Morphology -- Differentiation of Specific Symbolic Capital -- The Space of Senior European Civil Service and Distribution of Institutional Capital -- The Commission as a Bipolar Social Structure -- Trend Inversion in the Hierarchies -- Weight within the Structure and Personal Inclination -- Methodological Appendix -- Calculated Variables -- Indicators of Career Prior to Appointment -- Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- PCA Standard Data -- Factorial Design -- Illustrative variables -- Classification -- 5 Soft Skills Versus Expertise and Knowledge: The Changing Core Competencies of European Civil Servants

The word Eurocracy has resonance throughout out Europe but in reality we know little about the people who work in and around the EU or how they fit into its large bureaucratic framework. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book addresses this problem by exploring the MEPs, diplomats, civil servants and commissioners that work in and around the EU. Philippe Aldrin, Sciences Po Aix, France Willy Beauvallet, University of Strasbourg, France Filippa Chatzistavrou, ELIAMEP foundation, Athens, Greece Guillaume Courty, Sciences Po Lille, France François-Xavier Dudouet, University of Paris-Dauphine, France Eric Grémont, Observatory of Capitalist structures (OpesC) Frederic Lebaron, University of Picardie, France Sébastien Michon, University of Strasbourg, France Hélénè Michel, University of Strasbourg, France Audrey Pageaut, University of Strasbourg, France Cécile Robert, Sciences Po Lyon, France Antoine Vion, University of Aix-Marseille, France Anne-Catherine, University of Paris I Sorbonne, France

"The term 'Eurocracy' is a word that exists in all European languages. Yet beyond fantasized representations of the 'Brussels bubble', we know little about members of the European Parliament, Commissioners, European civil servants, lobbyists, members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, European trade unionists, diplomats and journalists who work in or around the EU institutions? What are their social and professional trajectories, the type of authority they possess, and how does it matter? Based on extensive fieldwork, this volume aims at answering these questions by building upon Pierre Bourdieu's theory of the field of bureaucracy. 45 years after Altiero Spinelli's 'The Eurocrats', this book sheds new light on the relational structures that underpin the functioning of the EU polity. Specialists of European affairs, scholars and students in politics, administration and sociology as well as citizens will find original insights to understanding EU institutions and why the European project appears to be in crisis."--

Cover -- The Political Uses of European Governance -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Studying the political uses of a White Paper -- Chapter I: The governance of European Governance -- Chapter II: The White Paper on European Governance and European political rhetoric -- Chapter III: Governance against political representation? -- Chapter IV: The Commission's Strategy on civil society involvement: mixed feelings among the actors towards the White Paper on European Governance -- Chapter V: German municipalities and European governance: from transpositions to repositioning strategies -- Chapter VI: Multi-level governance and British elites: perceptions of the White Paper on Governance -- Chapter VII: Fields of power and the reception of governance in France -- Conclusion: The White Paper on European Governance and beyond -- References.

Wie ist es um das Soziale Europa bestellt? Im Fokus dieses Bandes stehen Versuche, Europa als sozialen Raum zu vermessen. Die Beiträge fragen danach, wie Wissen über Europa entsteht und zwischen den Akteuren zirkuliert, wie transnationale Netzwerke Forderungen formulieren und sozialpolitische Programme verwirklicht werden. Es geht also um die Entstehung europäischer Politikprozesse und deren Umsetzung in konkrete Handlungskategorien - auch jenseits modellhafter Begriffe wie Mehrebenenpolitik.