Bureaucracy may be the solution, rather than the problem, for issues of European governance

Lodge, Martin ORCID: 0000-0002-4273-6118 and Wegrich, Kai (2014) Bureaucracy may be the solution, rather than the problem, for issues of European governance. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (23 Apr 2014). Blog Entry.

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The European Union is often criticised from the perspective that it has created a layer of bureaucracy or ‘red tape’ which has a damaging effect on European governance. Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich write that while it is particularly common for political parties to make these arguments in the run up to European elections, legitimate and effective administration is at the heart of addressing the key governance challenges European countries must face in the future. They argue that any meaningful discussion about bureaucracy should focus on the question of ‘why’ certain interventions seem to work, and not simply on ‘what’ initiatives have previously worked in other contexts.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Government Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2017 08:48
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:09
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/71999

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