In the literature on European integration, politicization as concept is often attributed major
importance. This article shows how the literature variously discusses the politicization of …

The establishment of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) in 1999 has led to
the creation of a whole range of bureaucratic bodies in Brussels and the national capitals …

The European Commission started out in the 1950s as a technocratic international
organization. Today, it has acquired many of the organizational features and behavioural …

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 …

The widening and deepening of the European Union have brought to the fore the question
of democracy at the European level. The system of domination already in place at the …

This article examines and explains the committee system of the EU as a crucial property of
the EU governance system using a database on the European Commission's experts …

This paper contributes to the discussion surrounding interest groups in the European
Commission. We inspect the Commission's lobbying register and assess the density and …

Who provides the European Union with information? This article examines patterns of
participation in the large expert group system under the European Commission. It explores …

European Union (EU) studies are dominated by a narrow form of institutionalism. The focus
on formal organizations and asocial norms begs for a more sociological approach to the EU …

The Real World of EU Accountability reports the findings of a major empirical study into
patterns and practices of accountability in European governance. The product of a 4-year …