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After Hierarchy? The Differentiated Impact of the European Commission and the Council of Ministers on Domestic Executive Governance

Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

How does the EU's organisational structure affect its impact on domestic governments? This paper investigates Council and Commission influence on national governance. By empirical data from Norway and Sweden it is shown that while the Council consolidates administrative hierarchies, the Commission disrupts such traditional structures by by-passing them.

ARENA Working Paper 22/2005 (pdf)

Torbjörn Larsson and Jarle Trondal