Professor Jarle Trondal is Professor in public administration at University of Agder, department of political science and management (Norway), and also Professor at ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (Norway). He holds a PhD in political science from University of Oslo, department of political science (2001). He has previously held the position as senior researcher at NIFU STEP, researching the internationalisation of research and higher education. His research is centred on the comparative study of international bureaucracies as well as the emergent European executive order. Recent publications appear in Governance, Public Administration, West European Politics, European Journal of Political Research, and Journal of European Public Policy.

for anyone interested in how individuals act within EU institutions, the authors detailed mapping makes his book a must.

• List of Figures ; List of Tables ; 1. Introducing an Emergent European Executive Order ; PART I: THE COMMISSION AND AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 2. The European Commission: Organisational Capacities and Staff Resources ; 3. The Autonomy of the European Commission Reassessed ; 4. Supranationalism and the European Commission ; 5. The Compound Machinery of the Commission ; 6. Is the Commission all that Different? Reflections on Comparative International Bureaucracies ; PART II: EU-LEVEL AGENCIES IN AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 7. Agency Governance in an Emergent European Executive Order ; 8. Bureaucratic Autonomy and EU-level Agencies ; PART III: EU COMMITTEE GOVERNANCE IN AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 9. EU Committee Governance ; 10. How Supranational are Intergovernmental Institutions? The Transformative Power of Council Working Groups ; 11. Ambiguity and representation in an emergent European Executive Order ; 12. An emergent European Executive Order and the domestic branch of government ; 13. An emergent European Executive Order: less than a European 'mega-administration' ; References ; Index

Professor Jarle Trondal is Professor in public administration at University of Agder, department of political science and management (Norway), and also Professor at ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (Norway). He holds a PhD in political science from University of Oslo, department of political science (2001). He has previously held the position as senior researcher at NIFU STEP, researching the internationalisation of research and higher education. His research is centred on the comparative study of international bureaucracies as well as the emergent European executive order. Recent publications appear in Governance, Public Administration, West European Politics, European Journal of Political Research, and Journal of European Public Policy.

for anyone interested in how individuals act within EU institutions, the authors detailed mapping makes his book a must.

• List of Figures ; List of Tables ; 1. Introducing an Emergent European Executive Order ; PART I: THE COMMISSION AND AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 2. The European Commission: Organisational Capacities and Staff Resources ; 3. The Autonomy of the European Commission Reassessed ; 4. Supranationalism and the European Commission ; 5. The Compound Machinery of the Commission ; 6. Is the Commission all that Different? Reflections on Comparative International Bureaucracies ; PART II: EU-LEVEL AGENCIES IN AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 7. Agency Governance in an Emergent European Executive Order ; 8. Bureaucratic Autonomy and EU-level Agencies ; PART III: EU COMMITTEE GOVERNANCE IN AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 9. EU Committee Governance ; 10. How Supranational are Intergovernmental Institutions? The Transformative Power of Council Working Groups ; 11. Ambiguity and representation in an emergent European Executive Order ; 12. An emergent European Executive Order and the domestic branch of government ; 13. An emergent European Executive Order: less than a European 'mega-administration' ; References ; Index

Professor Jarle Trondal is Professor in public administration at University of Agder, department of political science and management (Norway), and also Professor at ARENA - Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo (Norway). He holds a PhD in political science from University of Oslo, department of political science (2001). He has previously held the position as senior researcher at NIFU STEP, researching the internationalisation of research and higher education. His research is centred on the comparative study of international bureaucracies as well as the emergent European executive order. Recent publications appear in Governance, Public Administration, West European Politics, European Journal of Political Research, and Journal of European Public Policy.

for anyone interested in how individuals act within EU institutions, the authors detailed mapping makes his book a must.

• List of Figures ; List of Tables ; 1. Introducing an Emergent European Executive Order ; PART I: THE COMMISSION AND AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 2. The European Commission: Organisational Capacities and Staff Resources ; 3. The Autonomy of the European Commission Reassessed ; 4. Supranationalism and the European Commission ; 5. The Compound Machinery of the Commission ; 6. Is the Commission all that Different? Reflections on Comparative International Bureaucracies ; PART II: EU-LEVEL AGENCIES IN AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 7. Agency Governance in an Emergent European Executive Order ; 8. Bureaucratic Autonomy and EU-level Agencies ; PART III: EU COMMITTEE GOVERNANCE IN AN EMERGENT EUROPEAN EXECUTIVE ORDER ; 9. EU Committee Governance ; 10. How Supranational are Intergovernmental Institutions? The Transformative Power of Council Working Groups ; 11. Ambiguity and representation in an emergent European Executive Order ; 12. An emergent European Executive Order and the domestic branch of government ; 13. An emergent European Executive Order: less than a European 'mega-administration' ; References ; Index