European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis

1. Introduction: Moving Pictures
Didier Georgakakis

2. A Contested Identity: Genesis of the Eurocrat Figure – Between Stigma and Affirmation of a Differentiated Supranational Body
Didier Georgakakis

3. The Making of a Status Group: Reconsidering Socialization to the European Institutions
Didier Georgakakis

4. Genesis and Structure of European Bureaucratic Capital: Senior European Commission Officials
Didier Georgakakis

5. Soft Skills Versus Expertise and Knowledge: The Changing Core Competencies of European Civil Servants
Didier Georgakakis

6. Reforming EU Open Competitions or How the ‘Custodians of Europe’ Now Mimic International Managers
Didier Georgakakis

7. How Domination Matters: New Internal Struggles and Integrating European-Enlargement Newcomers
Didier Georgakakis

8. Both the Pilot and a Victim of Austerity? How the European Commission’s Administration Changed under the Economic and Financial Crisis
Didier Georgakakis

9. Conclusion: Neoliberalized Neoliberalists? The Weakening Sociological Foundations of a Pivot Group and European Political Order
Didier Georgakakis

10. Erratum to: “European Civil Service in (Times of) Crisis: A Political Sociology of the Changing Power of Eurocrats”
Didier Georgakakis

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Sociology, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, European Union Politics