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100	1		_aKASSIM, Hussein _95440
245	1	0	_a'Mission impossible', but mission accomplished : _bthe Kinnock reforms and the european commission
260			_aOxfordshire, UK : _bTaylor & Francis, _cAugust 2008
520	3		_aThe Kinnock reforms have unsurprisingly attracted attention, but important aspects have been overlooked in existing accounts. Closer inspection reveals three puzzles: an atypical pattern of administrative change, where a 'big bang' reform followed four decades of inaction; the adoption of a more radical set of measures by the Commission than was demanded of it; and the successful implementation of a far-reaching reform programme in defiance of the expectations of leading theories of administrative change. This article argues that these puzzles contradict the conclusion suggested by a casual reading of the developments. They reveal not an arrogant institution oblivious to its shortcomings and forced to change by external diktat, but an organization in a reform predicament: aware of its failings, but unable to remedy them through its own action. When crisis forced member governments to intervene, the Commission in a case of self-reform under delegation seized the 'once-in-a-generation' opportunity to implement an internal reform agenda
773	0	8	_tJournal of European Public Policy _g15, 5, p. 648-668 _dOxfordshire, UK : Taylor & Francis, August 2008 _xISSN 13501763 _w
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998			_a20080917 _b2000^b _cTiago
998			_a20081029 _b1033^b _cZailton
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c27544 _d27544
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