Interactions and identities of Czech civil servants on their way to the EU

Bibliographic Data

ID6290491
AuthorsPetr Drulák (0000-0001-9909-2176, Institute of International Relations Prague), Jirí Ĉesal, Stanislav Hampl (Institute of International Relations Prague)
Year2003
Volume10
Issue4
Pages637-654
Publication date2003-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1350176032000101299
OpenAlexW2164948892
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This paper is based on empirical research carried out on a sample of Czech civil servants dealing with EU accession. It argues that there is a strong relationship between, on the one hand, the domestic interactions of Czech civil servants and their interactions with the EU institutions, and, on the other hand, the ways in which they identify themselves professionally and institutionally, together with their views on European integration. The paper advances three empirical claims. Firstly, civil servants tend to identify with the level of the national administration at which they experience most intensive interactions. Secondly, the more people interact with the EU, the more they like it and the better knowledge of the EU they have. Thirdly, institutions behave as actors which are to some extent autonomous vis-à-vis domestic politics

Accession · Business · Civil servants · Civil society · Czech · Empirical research · European union · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sample (material · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration

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