Anchrit Wille is senior researcher and lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration, where she teaches classes in political science, public administration, policy evaluation, research methods, and research design. She holds an MA in Political Science and a PhD in Social Science from the University of Amsterdam. Her research agenda focuses on: executive politics, political-administrative relationships, democratic governance and accountability; and on citizen politics, public opinion, and political representation. She has published in such journals as Public Administration, West European Politics, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Happiness Studies, European Sociological Review, and Acta Politica.

• Preface: Politics and Bureaucracy in an Evolving Executive ; 1. Normalized Executive Politics ; 2. The Reinvention of the European Commission ; 3. From Technocrats to Politicians: the Commissioners ; 4. From National Agents to EU Advisers: the Chefs of Cabinet ; 5. From Mandarins to Managers: the Senior Civil Service ; 6. An Emerging Politics-Bureaucratic Dichotomy ; 7. Executive Relationships in a 'Normalized' EU Commission ; 8. The Normalization of the EU Commission ; Epilogue: Quo Vadis?

added substantially to our knowledge about the only supranational executive in the world.

Anchrit Wille is senior researcher and lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration, where she teaches classes in political science, public administration, policy evaluation, research methods, and research design. She holds an MA in Political Science and a PhD in Social Science from the University of Amsterdam. Her research agenda focuses on: executive politics, political-administrative relationships, democratic governance and accountability; and on citizen politics, public opinion, and political representation. She has published in such journals as Public Administration, West European Politics, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Happiness Studies, European Sociological Review, and Acta Politica.

• Preface: Politics and Bureaucracy in an Evolving Executive ; 1. Normalized Executive Politics ; 2. The Reinvention of the European Commission ; 3. From Technocrats to Politicians: the Commissioners ; 4. From National Agents to EU Advisers: the Chefs of Cabinet ; 5. From Mandarins to Managers: the Senior Civil Service ; 6. An Emerging Politics-Bureaucratic Dichotomy ; 7. Executive Relationships in a 'Normalized' EU Commission ; 8. The Normalization of the EU Commission ; Epilogue: Quo Vadis?

added substantially to our knowledge about the only supranational executive in the world.

Anchrit Wille is senior researcher and lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration, where she teaches classes in political science, public administration, policy evaluation, research methods, and research design. She holds an MA in Political Science and a PhD in Social Science from the University of Amsterdam. Her research agenda focuses on: executive politics, political-administrative relationships, democratic governance and accountability; and on citizen politics, public opinion, and political representation. She has published in such journals as Public Administration, West European Politics, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Happiness Studies, European Sociological Review, and Acta Politica.

• Preface: Politics and Bureaucracy in an Evolving Executive ; 1. Normalized Executive Politics ; 2. The Reinvention of the European Commission ; 3. From Technocrats to Politicians: the Commissioners ; 4. From National Agents to EU Advisers: the Chefs of Cabinet ; 5. From Mandarins to Managers: the Senior Civil Service ; 6. An Emerging Politics-Bureaucratic Dichotomy ; 7. Executive Relationships in a 'Normalized' EU Commission ; 8. The Normalization of the EU Commission ; Epilogue: Quo Vadis?

added substantially to our knowledge about the only supranational executive in the world.