The European Commission is at the center of the European Union's political system. Within
its five-year terms each Commission proposes up to 2000 binding legal acts and therefore …

This book challenges the common image of the European Commission as an insulated
technocracy immune to political pressures. Based on an innovative combination of public …

Despite advances in contemporary research on the 'European administrative space'(EAS),
no widespread understanding about its meaning, mechanisms and significance yet exists …

Acknowledging that both analysts and practitioners face problems of meaningful
categorization of social order in general, and the European political-administrative system in …

ABSTRACT The European Commission's ability to cope with wicked problems is generally
viewed as inadequate because of its hierarchical and inflexible modus operandi. Recent …

This article explores how European research co-operation has evolved from being a
'spending'policy to one now focussed on establishing an 'internal market for research'. It …

Despite advances in research on the European administrative space (EAS), no widespread
understanding about its meaning, mechanisms, and significance yet exists. This chapter …

Food security concerns and arguments have made a revival in European Union (EU)
governance since the 2007-8 and 2010 global food price crises. This renaissance of food …

This volume started by addressing a set of research questions that are worth revisiting: To
what extent, how, and under what conditions may the emergent European administrative …

One of the startling empirical insights from the growing body of research on the workings of
the EU judicial system is that the European Commission almost always wins. This finding is …