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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30410| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies |
| Authors: | Bauer, Michael Eckhard, Steffen Ege, Jörn Knill, Christoph |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009383486.002 10.21256/zhaw-30410 |
| Published in: | International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention |
| Editors of the parent work: | Jörgens, Helge Kolleck, Nina Well, Mareike |
| Page(s): | 27 |
| Pages to: | 56 |
| Issue Date: | 28-Feb-2024 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | United Kingdom |
| ISBN: | 9781009383486 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Administration; International administration; Influence; Administrative styles; Bureaucratic autonomy |
| Subject (DDC): | 350: Public administration |
| Abstract: | This chapter investigates how formal autonomy and informal administrative working styles of international public administrations (IPAs) are interrelated empirically. Recent research on IPAs identified a paradoxical constellation. Some IPAs with low structural autonomy, such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Secretariat, are able to compensate this restriction by developing an entrepreneurial administrative style with emphasis on initiating new policies and sound internal management (paradox of weakness). Other IPAs, such as the formally autonomous European Commission, were found to anticipate member state control and voluntarily restrict themselves to a more passive servant style (paradox of strength). This finding raises the question whether the two paradoxes are idiosyncratic features of the two cases or a more universal phenomenon of international bureaucracies. To answer this question, this chapter introduces the concepts of structural autonomy and administrative styles and lay out a strategy for their measurement. It compares the empirical pattern of autonomy and style in eight IPAs. It concludes with some propositions about potential consequence for international bureaucratic influence. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/30410 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Public Management (IVM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Bauer, M., Eckhard, S., Ege, J., & Knill, C. (2024). Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies. In H. Jörgens, N. Kolleck, & M. Well (Eds.), International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention (pp. 27–56). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009383486.002
Bauer, M. et al. (2024) ‘Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies’, in H. Jörgens, N. Kolleck, and M. Well (eds) International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, pp. 27–56. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009383486.002.
M. Bauer, S. Eckhard, J. Ege, and C. Knill, “Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies,” in International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention, H. Jörgens, N. Kolleck, and M. Well, Eds. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp. 27–56. doi: 10.1017/9781009383486.002.
BAUER, Michael, Steffen ECKHARD, Jörn EGE und Christoph KNILL, 2024. Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies. In: Helge JÖRGENS, Nina KOLLECK und Mareike WELL (Hrsg.), International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. S. 27–56. ISBN 9781009383486
Bauer, Michael, Steffen Eckhard, Jörn Ege, and Christoph Knill. 2024. “Means of Bureaucratic Influence : The Interplay between Formal Autonomy and Informal Styles in International Bureaucracies.” In International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention, edited by Helge Jörgens, Nina Kolleck, and Mareike Well, 27–56. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009383486.002.
Bauer, Michael, et al. “Means of Bureaucratic Influence : The Interplay between Formal Autonomy and Informal Styles in International Bureaucracies.” International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention, edited by Helge Jörgens et al., Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp. 27–56, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009383486.002.
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