Jarle Trondal is Professor in Public Administration at University of Agder and ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. Martin Marcussen is Professor in Global Governance at University of Copenhagen. Torbjörn Larsson is Associate Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University. Frode Veggeland is Senior Researcher at ARENA – Centre for European Studies and at Norwegian Agriculture Economics Research Institute

• List of figuresList of tablesList of authorsForeword1. The bureaucracy of international organisations2. On the principles of organisation of international bureaucraciesSection I3. The European Commission4. The OECD Secretariat5. The WTO SecretariatSection II6. Departmental dynamics in international bureaucracies7. Supranational dynamics in international bureaucracies8. Epistemic dynamics in international bureaucracies9. Intergovernmental dynamics in international bureaucraciesConclusions10. Complexity and stability in international bureaucraciesReferencesAppendixIndex

Jarle Trondal is Professor in Public Administration at University of Agder and ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. Martin Marcussen is Professor in Global Governance at University of Copenhagen. Torbjörn Larsson is Associate Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University. Frode Veggeland is Senior Researcher at ARENA – Centre for European Studies and at Norwegian Agriculture Economics Research Institute

• List of figuresList of tablesList of authorsForeword1. The bureaucracy of international organisations2. On the principles of organisation of international bureaucraciesSection I3. The European Commission4. The OECD Secretariat5. The WTO SecretariatSection II6. Departmental dynamics in international bureaucracies7. Supranational dynamics in international bureaucracies8. Epistemic dynamics in international bureaucracies9. Intergovernmental dynamics in international bureaucraciesConclusions10. Complexity and stability in international bureaucraciesReferencesAppendixIndex

Jarle Trondal is Professor in Public Administration at University of Agder and ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. Martin Marcussen is Professor in Global Governance at University of Copenhagen. Torbjörn Larsson is Associate Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University. Frode Veggeland is Senior Researcher at ARENA – Centre for European Studies and at Norwegian Agriculture Economics Research Institute

• List of figuresList of tablesList of authorsForeword1. The bureaucracy of international organisations2. On the principles of organisation of international bureaucraciesSection I3. The European Commission4. The OECD Secretariat5. The WTO SecretariatSection II6. Departmental dynamics in international bureaucracies7. Supranational dynamics in international bureaucracies8. Epistemic dynamics in international bureaucracies9. Intergovernmental dynamics in international bureaucraciesConclusions10. Complexity and stability in international bureaucraciesReferencesAppendixIndex