The Development of the European Administration. Fundamental Concepts and Approaches

Matei, Ani (2004): The Development of the European Administration. Fundamental Concepts and Approaches. Published in: Romanian Review of Community Law No. 3 (15 August 2004): pp. 29-43.

Abstract

The study approaches in an unitary manner, the fundamental concepts of the theoretical and practical accomplishment of an European public administration: the European Administrative Space, the convergence and the administrative dynamics and the Europeanization. In the absence of a specific acquis communautaire, the European administration includes all the experiences and evolutions with relevant impact at national level, connected to the principles of a responsible and transparent administration, founded on the grounds of efficiency and efficacy. Particularly agreed upon within the constituent treaties of the European Union, these principles might form the general standards not only for the process of acceding to the European Union, but also for the convergence towards an European model of public administration. The efforts of analysts and specialists to describe the real evolution process of national administrations are with no doubt, extremely important, even though at some point, contradictory. The model of European administration makes use of the systemic analysis and offers the conceptual framework needed for covering the diverse problematic it encompasses.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Europeanisation, public administration, administrative adaptation, acquis communautaire, European law, standardisation, Nation state, rule of law, transparency, EU-East-Central Europe
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making > D73 - Bureaucracy ; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations ; Corruption; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R5 - Regional Government Analysis > R58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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