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The Cascade of Fear: Policy Implementation and Financial Management Reform in the European Commission
Author(s) -
Levy Roger P.,
Barzelay Michael,
Gomez AntonioMartin Porras
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
financial accountability and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1468-0408
pISSN - 0267-4424
DOI - 10.1111/faam.12051
Subject(s) - european commission , commission , european union , public management , accounting , public administration , political science , new public management , perspective (graphical) , financial management , subject (documents) , business , finance , economic policy , public sector , law , artificial intelligence , library science , computer science
Abstract The complexity of managing European Union (EU) spending programmes is the subject of much comment but relatively little academic analysis. Using a multi‐disciplinary analytical framework drawn from the management, policy and social sciences, this fieldwork‐based case study examines the reform of financial management within the European Commission. In constructing an agent focussed narrative of a specific reform episode, it contributes to a growing literature on public management reform analysed from this perspective and also to the lightly developed field of EU financial management.