TY - BOOK ID - 104768743 TI - The power of the centre AU - Dimitrakopoulos, Dionyssis G AU - University of Manchester. PY - 2017 SN - 9781526129918 1526129914 9780719062001 0719062004 PB - [Place of publication not identified] DB - UniCat KW - Government purchasing KW - Policy sciences. KW - Policy-making KW - Policymaking KW - Public policy management KW - Government procurement KW - Procurement, Government KW - Public procurement KW - Public purchasing KW - Purchasing KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government. KW - Economic integration. KW - Policy sciences KW - #SBIB:327.7H230 KW - #SBIB:35H414 KW - Europese Unie: beleid: algemeen KW - Beleidscyclus: uitvoering KW - Public administration KW - Local government KW - Intergovernmental cooperation KW - Law KW - Politics KW - Eu & European Institutions KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General KW - Politics & government KW - Interpretation and construction. KW - Acts, Legislative KW - Enactments, Legislative KW - Laws (Statutes) KW - Legislative acts KW - Legislative enactments KW - Jurisprudence KW - Legislation KW - Cooperative government arrangements KW - Cooperation KW - Interagency coordination KW - Administration, Public KW - Delivery of government services KW - Government services, Delivery of KW - Public management KW - Public sector management KW - Political science KW - Administrative law KW - Decentralization in government KW - Public officers KW - European Union public policy. KW - France. KW - Greece government. KW - UK government. KW - implementation dynamics. KW - implementation patterns. KW - macro-implementation. KW - public procurement policy. KW - recruitment. KW - street-level implementation. KW - trained staff. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:104768743 AB - "This book examines a hitherto under-researched aspect of the European Union's policy process - the extent and the nature of the involvement of central governments in the implementation of EU public policy. It discusses how the co-ordination of these institutions affects their capacity to shape the way in which the commitments that they make in Brussels are turned into concrete reality at the national level. It shows that the nature of their involvement in implementation reflects the pattern of their involvement in the formulation of EU policy. However, since implementation unfolds over long periods of time, its patterns can change over time. The author draws on empirical evidence regarding the liberalisation of public procurement to demonstrate how the institutions of central governments bring about change. Comparing the central governments of Greece, France and Britain over a twenty-five year period, the author demonstrates that - far from being the passive conduits of pressure emanating from the EU - the institutions of national central governments actively steer the implementation of EU public policy." "This book examines a hitherto under-researched aspect of the European Union's policy process - the extent and the nature of the involvement of central governments in the implementation of EU public policy. It discusses how the co-ordination of these." --Back cover. ER -