The Santer era
The European Commission in normative, historical and theoretical perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8049574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Peterson (0000-0002-5487-1202, corresponding author), Johnathan C Peterson (0000-0002-9273-1526) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-65 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/135017699343793 |
| OpenAlex | W2000862460 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article assesses the evolution of the European Commission's role, power and effectiveness in the post-Delors era. It develops four main arguments. First, the performance of the Commission should be judged by its ability to further the European Union's (EU's) basic objectives, defend the 'Community interest', offer leadership, and operate efficiently. Second, the early Delors Commissions were far more an exception in their strength than is Santer's in its weakness. Third, Santer promises to leave a legacy of a better managed Commission, but one that is also more fragmented and riven by sectoral and national rivalries. Fourth, theories of EU governance must be able to capture the 'actor-based' nature of EU policy-making, the lack of any dichotomy between the interests of 'national governments' and 'EU institutions', and the determinant effect of the political and economic environment in which the EU operates. Keywords: European CommissionJacques DelorsJacques SanterLeadershipNormative Analysis
Informal Governance in the European Union
Informal Governance in the European Union
The Coordination of the European Union
The Engines of European Integration
L’Union européenne, une démocratie de stakeholders
Intra-institutional politics and inter-institutional relations in the EU
Whither the Commission? Reform, renewal and the issue-attention cycle
How federal? The organizational dimension of integration in the EU (and elsewhere)
Measuring and explaining regulatory reform in the EU
Challenging the Commission's right of initiative? Conditions for institutional change and stability
Bureaucratic change in the European administrative space
Several Roads Lead to International Norms, but Few Via International Socialization
Between Potential, Performance and Prospect
From National Enclaves to Supporting Offices
Keeping tabs on your cooperating partners
Le dialogue interrégional UE-Afrique depuis Cotonou
L'expertise comme mode d'administration communautaire
Comparing Jacques Delors and Jacques Santer as Presidents of the European Commission
Social Spaces beyond Civil Society
The Reform of the European Commission
An Agent Dependent on the EU Member States? The Determinants of the European Commission’s Legislative Success in the European Union
Reforming European Governance
Executive Heads and the Role of Intergovernmental Organizations
The countries they know best
Ambiguity, multiple streams, and EU policy
Co-managing programme implementation
Introduction
Experiments in Supranational Institution-Building
Executive politics as usual
Why European Commissioners Matter
The Presidents of the E uropean Commission
The Formation of the Second von der Leyen Commission
Government‐opposition dynamics in the European Union
An organisational approach to European integration
The choice for EU theorists
The Council of Ministers
Decision-Making in the European Union
The Council of Ministers
Policy-making in the EU
The European Challenges Post-1992
The European Union
Transforming strategic interaction into deliberative problem-solving
Commission activism
The accommodation of diversity in European policy‐making and its outcomes
Decision‐making in the European Union
From policy entrepreneur to policy manager
Preferences and Power in the European Community
The Path to European Integration
European integration and supranational governance
The Community‐Method after Amsterdam
When (and How) Do the Commission’s Preferences Matter
Is the ‘Hard Bargaining’ Image of the Council Misleading? The Committee of Permanent Representatives and the Local Elections Directive
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |