Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index.
Europe's executive branch of government in the melting pot: an overview / Morten Egeberg -- The institutional architecture of the EU and the transformation of European politics / Morten Egeberg -- Balancing autonomy and accountability: enduring tensions in the European commission's development / Morten Egeberg -- The college of commissioners: executive politics as usual? / Morten Egeberg -- EU committee governance between intergovernmental and union administration / Morten Egeberg, Guenther F. Schaefer and Jarle Trondal -- Towards a multilevel union administration? The decentralization of EU competition policy / Øivind Støle -- Administering information: Eurostat and statistical integration / Ulf Sverdrup -- National regulators between Union and governments: a study of the EU's environmental policy network IMPEL / Maria Martens -- The European commission and the integration of food safety policies across levels / Trygve Ugland and Frode Veggeland -- National limits to transnational networking? The case of the Danish IT and telecom agency / Gitte Hyteel Nørgård -- Transnational networks meet national hierarchies: the cases of the Italian competition and environment administrations / Dario Barbieri