search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for The Presidency of the European Commission Under Jacques Delors
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables and Figure
xiii
2
Preface
xv
4
List of Abbreviations
xix
1 Introduction
1
12
The Central Themes
1
3
The Empirical Problematic: The Paucity of Research on the Commission Presidency
1
1
The Theoretical Problematic: Counter-factual Assumptions in European Union Studies
2
2
Methodology and Structure
4
2
The Central Argument
6
2
Primary and Secondary Sources
8
5
PART I THE FRAMES OF REFERENCE
13
22
2 An Analytical Framework of Political Leadership
13
22
Introduction
13
1
Difficulties in Analysing Political Leadership
13
2
The `Impact' of Leaders as the Rationale for Study
15
2
The Structure of Resources and Constraints as the Focus
17
9
Determinants of Variance of the Leadership Performance
17
1
Resources and Constraints
18
1
Institutional Resources and Constraints
19
2
Opportunities and Circumstantial Constraints
21
2
Personal Resources and Constraints
23
3
The Dynamics of Political Leadership
26
2
Three Aspects of Political Leadership
28
1
Overriding Merits of the Present Approach
29
1
Conclusions
30
5
PART II THE STRUCTURE OF RESOURCES AND CONSTRAINTS OF THE COMMISSION PRESIDENT
35
94
3 The Power Resources of the Commission Presidency
35
31
Introduction
35
1
Three Aspects of Leadership Roles of the Commission President
36
3
Institutional Leadership
36
1
Mediative Leadership
36
2
Agenda-setting Leadership
38
1
The Internal Power Resources of the Commission President
39
16
The Treaties on the President's role
39
1
The President's Role as Required by the Rules of Procedure
40
1
The Secretary General
41
3
The `Cabinet'
44
4
The Legal Service
48
1
The Spokesman's Service
49
1
The `Cellule de Prospective'
50
2
Other Portfolios of the President
52
2
Informally Acquired Portfolios
54
1
Informal or Ad Hoc Networks
54
1
The External Power Resources of the Commission President
55
10
The European Council -- The Commission President's Clientele
55
4
The Council Presidency
59
2
The Council Secretariat
61
1
The Paris-Bonn Axis
62
1
International Prestige
63
2
Conclusions
65
1
4 The Power Constraints upon the Commission Presidency
66
18
Introduction
66
1
Some General Constraints
66
1
The External Constraints upon the Commission Presidency
67
9
The Appointment Procedure: Governmental Control
67
3
The Parliamentary Role in the Appointment Procedure
70
1
Lack of Resource of Political Parties
71
2
Lack of a Solid Societal Basis
73
2
The Polycentric Nature of the EU System
75
1
The Court of Justice as a Constraint
75
1
The Internal Constraints upon the Commission Presidency
76
6
The Collegiality Principle
76
1
The Appointment Procedure of the Commissioners
76
1
The Allocation of Portfolios
77
2
The Fragmented Administration
79
1
The Diverse Backgrounds of the Commissioners
79
1
The Relationship Between the President and the Commissioners
80
2
Conclusions
82
2
5 The Personal Factors of the Successive Commission Presidents
84
16
Introduction
84
1
Ambitions and the Leadership Environment
84
1
Ambitions and Personality
85
2
Abilities and the Leadership Environment
87
6
Political Judgement
87
1
The `Power to Persuade'
88
2
Diplomatic or Mediative Skills
90
2
Communicative or Oratorical Skills
92
1
Abilities and the Institutional Setting
93
2
The European Council
93
1
The Control of the College
94
1
The Control of the Commission Apparatus
95
1
Political Capital
95
3
Conclusions
98
2
6 The Situational and Personal Contexts of the Delors Presidency
100
29
Introduction
100
1
The Macro-situational Transformation 1985-95
101
3
Euro-phoria and pessimism
101
1
The Profile of the Commission
102
1
The Elite-Popular Relations
103
1
The Personal Contexts of the Delors Presidency
104
21
Assumptions at the Time of Inauguration
104
2
Ambitions
106
3
The Working Methods
109
3
The Delors-Commission Relations
112
9
Political Capital
121
4
Conclusions
125
4
PART III EXAMINING LEADERSHIP CASES OF JACQUES DELORS
129
91
7 The Single European Act
129
23
Introduction
129
2
Situational Settings
131
3
The General Climate
131
1
The Power Situation
132
2
The Ambiguity in Delors's Initial Priorities
134
2
A Change of Objectives and the Issue Linkage
136
1
A Decisive Opening of Opportunity
137
2
The Institutional Group as an Internal Ally
139
1
The Luxembourg Presidency as an External Ally
140
2
Drafting the SEA: The Exploitation of an Opportunity
142
2
Mobilisation of the Bonn-Paris Axis
144
3
Conclusions
147
5
8 The Delors Committee on Economic and Monetary Union
152
18
Introduction
152
1
Situational Settings
153
2
Delors's Personal Assets
155
1
The Contested Authority as a Constraint
155
1
Delors's Aspirations and Caution
156
1
A Window of Opportunity Opened by National Ministerial Leadership
157
2
An Alliance with Helmut Kohl: An Expansion of Resources and Opportunities
159
1
Rivalries and Coalitions within the Delors Committee
160
2
Delors's Mediative Skills in the Committee
162
3
Mobilisation of an Ad Hoc Group in the Commission
165
1
Committee's Significance
166
1
Conclusions
167
3
9 The 1991 Intergovernmental Conference on Political Union
170
21
Introduction
170
1
An Increasingly Difficult Environment as Constraint
171
4
The External Environment
171
2
The Internal Environment
173
2
Commission As a Dysfunctional Resource
175
1
Adding Constraints by Tactless Moves
176
3
Failed Alliance with the Council Presidency and the Council Secretariat
179
2
A Counter-Attack in Defence of Existing Resources
181
3
Failed Attempts for a Single Community
184
5
Conclusions
189
2
10 The 1993 White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment
191
16
Introduction
191
1
Situational Settings
192
1
Choice of a Policy Arena
193
3
Utilisation of the European Council in Copenhagen
196
1
Close Collaboration with the Belgian Council Presidency
197
1
Mobilisation of the Commission's Internal Resources
198
1
Successful Bypassing of the Ecofin Council
199
3
Utilisation of the European Council in Brussels
202
2
Conclusions
204
3
11 Conclusion
207
13
Political Leadership
207
1
The Structure of Resources and Constraints of the Commission President
208
5
Institutional Resources and Constraints
209
2
Personal Resources and Constraints
211
1
Opportunities and Circumstantial Constraints
212
1
The Case of the Jacques Delors Presidency
213
2
The Contingent Nature of Commission Presidential Leadership
215
2
Some Theoretical Implications
217
3
Appendix: List of Interviews
220
4
Notes
224
12
Bibliography
236
10
Index
246