This book shows that the executive branch of government has added a supranational level that increasingly seems to operate in a similar way to national governments. The European Commission administration has enhanced its professional integrity while the College emerges as a fully-fledged political body. As a whole the Commission seems to operate very much according to a sectoral logic rather than a territorial one. Case studies illuminate how a genuine Community Administration might evolve.
Author(s): Morten Egeberg
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 248
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 15
1 Europe’s Executive Branch of Government in the Melting Pot: an Overview......Page 18
2 The Institutional Architecture of the EU and the Transformation of European Politics......Page 34
3 Balancing Autonomy and Accountability: Enduring Tensions in the European Commission’s Development......Page 48
4 The College of Commissioners: Executive Politics as Usual?......Page 68
5 EU Committee Governance between Intergovernmental and Union Administration......Page 83
6 Towards a Multilevel Union Administration? The Decentralization of EU Competition Policy......Page 103
7 Administering Information: Eurostat and Statistical Integration......Page 120
8 National Regulators between Union and Governments: a Study of the EU’s Environmental Policy Network IMPEL......Page 141
9 The European Commission and the Integration of Food Safety Policies across Levels......Page 160
10 National Limits to Transnational Networking? The Case of the Danish IT and Telecom Agency......Page 180
11 Transnational Networks Meet National Hierarchies: the Cases of the Italian Competition and Environment Administrations......Page 197
12 Conclusion......Page 211
Bibliography......Page 218
C......Page 234
E......Page 237
F......Page 240
I......Page 241
M......Page 242
O......Page 243
S......Page 244
W......Page 245
