Building a Transnational Fusion Bureaucracy? A Study of State Officials and Opinion Leaders in Rousse (Bulgaria) and Transcarpathia (Ukraine)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Sellar (0000-0001-7728-9146, University of Mississippi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 540-564 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2014.883381 |
| OpenAlex | W2138817761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper compares how officials in Rousse, Bulgaria, and Transcarpathia, Ukraine, interact with ‘foreigners’: officials from agencies of the European Union (EU), other member states, and foreign consultants. The goals are: a) to compare the extent to which officials in the two communities participate in transnational networks of European bureaucracies, the so-called ‘transnational fusion bureaucracy’; b) to assess the ways in which the bottom-up actions of those officials relate to the broad, top-down policy goals of the EU; and c) to analyse the effects of those interactions on the business environments of the two communities. As a result of comparing the two regions, this paper argues that similar processes of integration in the transnational fusion bureaucracy occur in the internal periphery of the European Union (Rousse) and in areas outside the EU borders (Transcarpathia). In doing so, it questions the extent to which both regions participate in an emerging ‘transnational fusion bureaucracy’ emphasising difference in intensity of the considered processes, as well as the different responses by the two bureaucracies to inputs and opportunities provided by the EU
Bureaucracy · Business · Economic system · Economics · European union · International trade · Member states · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Regional Development and Policy
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |