Katja Seidel is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris. She holds a PhD in European History from the University of Portsmouth.

• IntroductionPART I: THE HIGH AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITYChapter 1. Establishing a supranational administration: Challenges and constraints 1.1 Organisation1.2 Working methods1.3 Recruitment patternsChapter 2. Towards a European administrative elite? The first European civil servants2.1 The officials' biographical background2.2 Living and working in Luxembourg2.3 Biographies of High Authority officialsPART II: THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITYChapter 3. Prudence and Pragmatism: the institutional establishment of the Commission3.1 The institutional set-up of the Commission3.2 The establishment of practices and working methods3.3 Recruitment patterns and personnel policy3.4 Inflexibility, inefficiency and dissatisfaction: reforming the administrationChapter 4. Biographical studies: high officials in the Commission4.1 Internal factors of Europeanization: biographical background4.2 Space and time: external factors of Europeanization4.3 Biographies of Commission officials4.4 Identities, images and roles of Commission officialsChapter 5. Institutions, administrative cultures and their role in EU policy-making: the Directorates-General for Agriculture and Competition5.1 Step One: The legacy of context and previous experiences5.2 Step Two: The emergence of administrative cultures5.3 Step Three: Socialisation processes in DG Agriculture and DG Competition Conclusions

Katja Seidel is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris. She holds a PhD in European History from the University of Portsmouth.

• IntroductionPART I: THE HIGH AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITYChapter 1. Establishing a supranational administration: Challenges and constraints 1.1 Organisation1.2 Working methods1.3 Recruitment patternsChapter 2. Towards a European administrative elite? The first European civil servants2.1 The officials' biographical background2.2 Living and working in Luxembourg2.3 Biographies of High Authority officialsPART II: THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITYChapter 3. Prudence and Pragmatism: the institutional establishment of the Commission3.1 The institutional set-up of the Commission3.2 The establishment of practices and working methods3.3 Recruitment patterns and personnel policy3.4 Inflexibility, inefficiency and dissatisfaction: reforming the administrationChapter 4. Biographical studies: high officials in the Commission4.1 Internal factors of Europeanization: biographical background4.2 Space and time: external factors of Europeanization4.3 Biographies of Commission officials4.4 Identities, images and roles of Commission officialsChapter 5. Institutions, administrative cultures and their role in EU policy-making: the Directorates-General for Agriculture and Competition5.1 Step One: The legacy of context and previous experiences5.2 Step Two: The emergence of administrative cultures5.3 Step Three: Socialisation processes in DG Agriculture and DG Competition Conclusions

Katja Seidel is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Paris. She holds a PhD in European History from the University of Portsmouth.

• IntroductionPART I: THE HIGH AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITYChapter 1. Establishing a supranational administration: Challenges and constraints 1.1 Organisation1.2 Working methods1.3 Recruitment patternsChapter 2. Towards a European administrative elite? The first European civil servants2.1 The officials' biographical background2.2 Living and working in Luxembourg2.3 Biographies of High Authority officialsPART II: THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITYChapter 3. Prudence and Pragmatism: the institutional establishment of the Commission3.1 The institutional set-up of the Commission3.2 The establishment of practices and working methods3.3 Recruitment patterns and personnel policy3.4 Inflexibility, inefficiency and dissatisfaction: reforming the administrationChapter 4. Biographical studies: high officials in the Commission4.1 Internal factors of Europeanization: biographical background4.2 Space and time: external factors of Europeanization4.3 Biographies of Commission officials4.4 Identities, images and roles of Commission officialsChapter 5. Institutions, administrative cultures and their role in EU policy-making: the Directorates-General for Agriculture and Competition5.1 Step One: The legacy of context and previous experiences5.2 Step Two: The emergence of administrative cultures5.3 Step Three: Socialisation processes in DG Agriculture and DG Competition Conclusions