This book shows that the executive branch of government has added a supranational level, namely the European Commission, that increasingly seems to operate independently from national governments. Case studies illuminate how a genuine Union administration might evolve.

Autorentext
DARIO BARBIERI PhD Student at L. Bocconi University, Milan, Italy MARIA MARTENS PhD Student at ARENA-Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway GITTE HYTTEL NORGARD Formerly affiliated to ARENA-Centre of European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway GUNTHER F. SCHAEFER Formerly Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Maastricht, The Netherlands OIVIND STOLE Formerly affiliated to ARENA-Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway ULF SVERDRUP Senior Researcher at ARENA-Centre for European Studies, University of Olso, Norway JARLE TRONDAL Director of the Centre for European Studies, Agder University College in Kristiansand, Norway TRYGVE UGLAND Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Bishop's University, Canada FRODE VEGGELAND Senior Researcher, Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Oslo, Norway

Inhalt
List of Tables List of Figures Preface Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Europe's Executive Branch of Government in the Melting Pot: An Overview; M.Egeberg The Institutional Architecture of the EU and the Transformation of European Politics; M.Egeberg Balancing Autonomy and Accountability: Enduring Tensions in the European Commission's Development; M.Egeberg The College of Commissioners: Executive Politics as Usual?; M.Egeberg EU Committee Governance Between Intergovernmental and Union Administration; M.Egeberg, G.F.Schaefer & J.Trondal Towards a Multilevel Union Administration? The Decentralization of EU Competition Policy; O.Stole Administering Information: Eurostat and Statistical Integration; U.Sverdrup National Regulators Between Union and Governments: A Study of the EU's Environmental Policy Network IMPEL; M.Martens The European Commission and the Integration of Good Safety Policies Across Levels; T.Ugland & F.Veggeland National Limits to Transnational Networking? The Case of the Danish IT and Telecom Agency; G.H.Norgard Transnational Networks Meet National Hierarchies: The Cases of the Italian Competition and Environment Administrations; D.Barbieri Conclusion; M.Egeberg Bibliography Index