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Managing the house

The Presidency, agenda control and policy activism in the European Commission

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ID7880965
AuthorsH Kassim (0000-0002-7603-8377, University of East Anglia, corresponding author), Sara Connolly (0000-0001-5262-1296, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK), Renaud Dehousse (0000-0002-1781-9499, Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris, France), Olivier Rozenberg (0000-0003-2468-7639, Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris, France), Selma Bendjaballah (Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris, France)
Year2017
Volume24
Issue5
Pages653-674
Publication date2017-05-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501763.2016.1154590
OpenAlexW2341073370
LanguageEN
Citations received81
References cited29

Although the importance of international organizations is well-established, the specific contribution made to their policy outputs by administrative as opposed to political actors is rarely investigated. Still less attention is paid to how intra-organizational factors within international administrations affect the latter’s capacity to influence those outputs. Even in the case of the European Union, where the European Commission’s power over decisional outputs has been a long-standing interest, this issue has not been fully explored. Scholars have focused on horizontal factors, but have not addressed how vertical relations affect the Commission’s policy activism and therefore its influence on EU outputs. By examining how the transformation of power relations within the Commission has changed as a consequence of the strengthening of the Commission Presidency, this contribution fills that lacuna. Showing how a strong President has been able to control the Commission’s output, it demonstrates the importance of vertical relations as a variable

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