Agency Phenomenon in the European Union

Jarle Trondal is Professor in public administration at University of Agder, and Professor at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo Madalina Busuioc is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG), University of Amsterdam Martijn Groenleer is Assistant Professor in public administration at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University

• Part I Introduction1. Introducing the phenomenon of European Union agencies Madalina Busuioc, Martijn Groenleer and Jarle TrondalPart II The emergence and institutionalisation of EU agencies2. Building executive power at the European level: on the role of EU-level agencies Morten Egeberg, Maria Martens and Jarle Trondal3. Executive power in the making: the establishment of the European Chemicals Agency Maria Martens4. Changing the EU’s institutional landscape? The added value of an agencyAdriaan Schout5. Hybrid agencification in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and its inherent tensions: the case of Frontex Jorrit RijpmaPart III Everyday decision-making in EU agencies: networks, management, accountability and implementation6. Deliberative regulation through European agencies and other network structures?Thomas Gehring7. Wielders of supranational power? The administrative behaviour of the heads of European Union agencies Madalina Busuioc and Martijn Groenleer8. The parliamentary accountability of European Union and national agenciesTobias Bach and Julia Fleischer9. Catalysts of compliance? The role of European Union agencies in the implementation of European legislation in Poland and BulgariaEsther VersluisPart IV Epilogue10. EU agencies: Tipping the balance? Deirdre Curtin and Renaud Dehousse

"Each chapter is informative, well-written and offeres convincing arguements. What is innovative and interesting is that this volume seeks to tie together different approaches, and thereby contribute to a broader and more nuanced understanding of the agency phenomenon. This is an important endeavour, and the book is likely to appeal to a wide range of readers interested in EU governance"(Helena Ekelund, Political Studies Review, May 2014)