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RenaudDehousse(editor)
THE‘COMMUNITYMETHOD’
ObstinateorObsolete?
KennethDysonandAngelosSepos(editors)
WHICHEUROPE?
ThePoliticsofDifferentiatedIntegration
MichelleEgan,NeillNugent,andWilliamE.Paterson(editors)
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StalkingtheElephant
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EUROPEANDISUNION
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SOCIETALACTORSINEUROPEANINTEGRATION
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EUROPEANSECURITY,TERRORISMANDINTELLIGENCE
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TheEUASAGLOBALSECURITYACTOR
AComprehensiveAnalysisbeyondCFSPandJHA
MarinaKolb
THEEUROPEANUNIONANDTHECOUNCILOFEUROPE
FinnLaursen(editor)
DESIGNINGTHEEUROPEANUNION
FromParistoLisbon
Karl-OskarLindgrenandThomasPersson
PARTICIPATORYGOVERNANCEINTHEEU
EnhancingorEndangeringDemocracyandEfficiency?
DanielNaurinandHelenWallace(editors)
UNVEILINGTHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANUNION
GamesGovernmentsPlayinBrussels
DimitrisPapadimitriouandPaulCopeland(editors)
THEEU’sLISBONSTRATEGY
EvaluatingSuccess,UnderstandingFailure
EmmanuelleSchon-Quinlivan
REFORMINGTHEEUROPEANCOMMISSION
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EUROPE,REGIONSANDEUROPEANREGIONALISM
YvesTiberghien(editor)
LEADERSHIPINGLOBALINSTITUTIONBUILDING
Minerva’sRule
AsleToje
AFTERTHEPOST-COLDWAR
TheEuropeanUnionasaSmallPower
LiubomirK.Topaloff
POLITICALPARTIESANDEUROSCEPTICISM
RichardG.WhitmanandStefanWolff(editors)
THEEUROPEANNEIGHBOURHOODPOLICYINPERSPECTIVE
Context,ImplementationandImpact
RichardG.Whitman(editor)
NORMATIVEPOWEREUROPE
EmpiricalandTheoreticalPerspectives
SarahWolff
THEMEDITERRANEANDIMENSIONOFTHEEUROPEANUNION’S
INTERNALSECURITY
JanWouters,HansBruyninckx,SudeshnaBasuandSimonSchunz(editors)
THEEUROPEANUNIONANDMULTILATERALGOVERNANCE
AssessingEUParticipationinUnitedNationsHumanRightsandEnvironmentalFora
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Contents
ListofTables viii
Acknowledgments ix
ListofAbbreviations xi
Introduction 1
1 TheForcesShapingOrganizationalCulture:TheStatus
QuoAnte 27
2 TheEuropeanCommissionandtheProcessofEnlargement 51
3 TheKinnockReforms:PreparingforEnlargement,
ChangingCulture? 69
4 TheOutsidersComeIn:Self-Selection,Selection,and
SocializationofEntry-LevelStaff 98
5 FittingInorStandingOut?TheArrivalofManagersfrom
theNewMemberStates 125
6 NationalityandRegion:WhyTheyMatterLessthan
Expected 155
7 Gender:WhyItMattersMorethanExpected 176
8 Language,Culture,andManagement:TheImpactof
EnlargementonLanguageUseintheCommission 202
Conclusions 225
Bibliography 249
Index 266
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Tables
3.1 ReformofthesystemofgradesintheEuropean
Commission 78
4.1 EU-10targetsandnumberrecruited 101
4.2 EU-2targetsandnumberrecruited 101
5.1 Managementrecruitmenttargetsfornewmemberstates 127
5.2 Selectionandrecruitmentprocedure:seniormanagement 135
7.1 PercentofwomenfromEU-12countriesinprofessional
(AD)positions 181
7.2 PercentofwomenfromEU-15countriesinprofessional
positions 182
7.3 Genderofseniorstaff,AD14–16 183
7.4 Genderbynationalgroup,AD14–16 183
7.5 ASTstafffromEU-12countries 184
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