The European Commission is arguably the world's most powerful international
administration. It plays a central role in the political system of the European Union. The …

The European Union is a leading actor in international development, providing more than
half of the world's foreign aid, but also a unique case, combining the characteristics of a …

After two decades of almost breathtaking integration, the French non (by 54.7 per cent) and
the Dutch nee (by 61.6 per cent) to the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in May …

This article reviews theoretically grounded empirical studies on committees in the European
Union by focusing on research published from the late 1990s onwards. The aim is to report …

For large parts of its history, European integration has been an elite-driven project.
Consecutive transfers of political powers to the supranational level and the resulting policy …

[Conclusions] All policy making, including for the agricultural sector, is of idiosyncratic nature
and differs widely from country to country. However, due to its supra-national dimension the …

This article provides a detailed study of how bureaucratic politics in the European
Commission can systematically affect the substance of the legislative agenda that makes up …

This article highlights how the study of public administration is brought back into the study of
European integration and European Union (EU) governance. The public administration turn …

An organisational approach to European integration focuses on individual actors'
organisational context in order to account for their behaviour, interests and identities …

While role behaviour and conflict dimensions in the European Parliament and the Council of
the European Union have been fairly well documented, studies on the internal functioning of …