The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System

Drawing on research from the administrative sciences and using organizational, institutional and decision-making theories, this volume examines the emerging bureaucratic framework of the EU and highlights that analyzing the patterns and dynamics of the EU’s administrative capacities is essential to understand how it shapes European public policy.

Hartmut Aden, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany Michael W. Bauer, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer Stefan Becker, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer Arthur Benz, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Gijs Jan Brandsma, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands Michelle Cini, University of Bristol, UK Sara Connolly, University of East Anglia, UK Christoph Demmke, OECD, Paris Mathias Dobbels, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Morten Egeberg, University of Oslo, Norway Edgar Grande, University of Munich, Germany Åse Gornitzka, University of Oslo, Norway Stephan Grohs, University of Konstanz, Germany Miriam Hartlapp, University of Bremen, Germany Eva G. Heidbreder, University of Düsseldorf, Germany Herwig C. H. Hofmann, University of Luxembourg Mathias Johannessen, University of Oslo, Norway. Hussein Kassim, University of East Anglia, Norway Christoph Knill, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany Martina McCowan, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany Tobias Kunstein, University of Cologne, Germany Maria Martens, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zuzana Murdoch, University of Bremen, Germany Christine Neuhold, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Edoardo Ongaro, Northumbria University, UK B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USA and Zeppelin University, Germany Bob Reinalda, Radboud University Neijmegen, the Netherlands Ulf Sverdrup, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Jarle Trondal University of Agder, Norway and University of Oslo, Norway Peter Valant, Trans European Studies Policy Association (TEPSA) Sophie Vanhoonacker, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Nina Merethe Vestlund, University of Oslo, Norway Wolfgang Wessels, University of Cologne, Germany Anchrit Wille, Leiden University, the Netherlands