Reforming the European Commission

EMMANUELLE SCHÖN-QUINLIVAN Lecturer in Politics with the Department of Government at University College Cork, Republic of Ireland. She specialises in European Union politics, public management and institutional change. She has published extensively on the impact of the Kinnock reforms on the European Commission, including in the Journal of European Public Policy.

• Introduction: How to analyse administrative reforms in the European Commission 1950 – 1984: Constructing the administrative Commission 1985 – 1998: the foundations for the Kinnock reforms A novel strategy for reform Reforming public administrations: New Public Management and the White Paper From policy to practice: operationalising NPM The Secretariat General: a case study in innovation DG Regional Policy: a case study in adaptation DG Transport and Energy: a case study in resistance Conclusions: understanding heterogeneous institutional change in the Commission

“The author empirically investigates three majoraspects of the reforms. … Combining interview data with a thorough analysis ofofficial documents, the book nicely complements previous research on theKinnock reforms … with a comprehensive focus on changes in formal structuresand management procedure. … are relevant not only for Commission experts andpublic management scholars, but also for researchers and practitionersinterested in organizational change and the implementation of administrativepolicies. … a timely and relevant read.” (Jörn Ege, Journal of Common MarketStudies, Vol. 53 (5), 2015)