At the Heart of the Union

Neill Nugent is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has published widely on the European Union and in 2013 was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary European Studies by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), 2013.

• Preface - List of Abbreviations - Notes on Contributors - Introduction: At the Heart of the Union; N.Nugent - European Commissioners 1952-1995: National Routes to a European Elite; A.Macmullen - Identities in the European Commission; M.McDonald - Administrative Culture in the European Commission: the Cases of Competition and Environment; M.Cini - A House with Differing Views: The European Commission and Cohesion Policy; L.Hooghe - The Commission as an Agent; M.Pollack - Uniting European Industrial Policy: a Commission Agenda for Integration; T.C.Lawton - Safeguarding the Economic Constitution: The Commission and Competition Policy; L.McGowan - The Commission Made Me Do It: The European Commission as a Strategic Asset in Domestic Politics; M.P.Smith - The Commission and Implementation in the European Union: Is There an Implementation Deficit and Why?; B.G.Peters - Managing the Managers: the Commission's Role in the Implementation of Spending Programmes; R.Levy - The European Commission and the Politics of Legitimacy in the European Union; H.Drake - The Commission and the Intergovernmental Conferences; D.Dinan - The Role of the Commission: A Theoretical Discussion; J.H.Matlary - Conclusions: Themes and Prospects; N.Nugent - Annex: Directorates General and Special Units of the Commission - References - Index