The Presidency Of The European Commission Under Jacques Delors: The Politics Of Shared Leadership (st. Antony's Series)

The six influential years in Europe were financed by a variety of bodies. Acknowledgements must be made to the Fellowship of the Flemish Community of the Kingdom of Belgium, two Fellowships from the Japanese Society of the Promotion of Science, and the European Commission. Various funds from the bodies, such as the Raymond Carr funds at St Antony's, and the Institut universitaire international at Luxembourg, allowed me to make research trips and to take part in conferences. I should also like to thank the staff at the Faculty of Law, Hokkaido University, who were so permissive as to enable me to stay in the other side of Eurasia with generous financial assistance. In particular, Professor Kenichi Nakamura, the incumbent Dean of the Faculty and my former supervisor, made immense efforts to enable me to complete this work, for which I express my heartfelt thanks. Let me conclude these acknowledgements by thanking my parents, other family members and close friends, without whom the entire book writing process would no doubt have been much more difficult. My determination to devote this book to my wife, Hilda Maria Gaspar Pereira and to our Euro-baby, Anna, grew stronger, as they experienced all the ups and downs with me over the past several years. This book is theirs. For all those mentioned above, and for those who were also helpful but for reason of space cannot be mentioned here, I gladly toll my bell of thanks. Needless to say, the gratitude does not diminish my responsibility for this work. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introduction....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 An Analytical Framework of Political Leadership....Pages 13-31 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 The Power Resources of the Commission Presidency....Pages 35-65 The Power Constraints upon the Commission Presidency....Pages 66-83 The Personal Factors of the Successive Commission Presidents....Pages 84-99 The Situational and Personal Contexts of the Delors Presidency....Pages 100-125 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 The Single European Act....Pages 129-151 The Delors Committee on Economic and Monetary Union....Pages 152-169 The 1991 Intergovernmental Conference on Political Union....Pages 170-190 The 1993 White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment....Pages 191-206 Conclusions....Pages 207-219 Back Matter....Pages 220-260 This work is a systematic study of the presidency of the European Commission, Drawing upon cases of attempted leadership, notably those of Jacques Delors, the Commission President from 1985-95, it examines the leadership capacity of the office-holder. The work focuses on how only a combination of certain (highly contingent) factors can lead to an effective presidency. In so doing, emphasis is placed on the inherently shared nature of Commission President leadership. Although this is essentially an empirical study, the work also addresses some of the theoretical implications of its findings and resulting issues. This work is the first systematic study of the presidency of the European Commission. Drawing upon cases of attempted leadership by Jacques Delors, the Commission President from 1985-95, it examines the leadership capacity of the office-holder. This points to the inherently shared and contingent nature of Commission President's leadership in a Union where the leadership sources are widely dispersed. While this is essentially an empirical study, Endo addresses some of the theoretical implications of its findings and resulting issues. This work is the first systematic study of the presidency of the European Commission. Drawing upon cases of attempted leadership by Jacques Delors, the Commission President from 1985-95, it examines the leadership capacity of the office-holder. This points to the inherently shared and contingent nature of the Commission President's leadership in the Union where leadership sources are widely dispersed. While this is essentially an empirical study, Ken Endo addresses some of the theoretical implications of the resulting issues This study looks at the presidency of the European Commission. Drawing upon cases of attempted leadership by Delors, Commission President from 1985-95, it examines the leadership capacity of the office holder Ken Endo. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 236-245) And Index.