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Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

This paper looks closer at the emerging European administrative policy, starting from the observation that albeit EU-driven harmonisation lacks a legal basis in Community law, it is nevertheless an unrefutable fact of national administrative policy.

ARENA Working Paper 17/2002 (html)

Hans Petter Graver

Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

Investigating the concept of Europeanization, this paper highlights the case of internalising EU energy sector legislation in Norway. One of the arguments is that institutional and legal structure must be supplemented by actor intentions and barganing to fully explain the process and outcome of Europeanization.

ARENA Working Paper 12/2002 (html)

Dag Harald Claes

Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

Applying large-N questionnaire data this paper investigates which institutions are influencing national agencies when they are practising EU legislation.

ARENA Working Paper 17/2007 (pdf)

Morten Egeberg and Jarle Trondal

Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

The impact of EU policy on the member states varies across states and policy sectors; this paper attempts to conceptualise such variation by drawing on sociological theory and combining literature of integration and Europeanisation.

ARENA Working Paper 05/2006 (pdf)

Svein S. Andersen & Nick Sitter

Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

This article discusses the status of EFTA and its member states in light of the EU enlargement. It argues that while enlargement has not fundamentally challenged the EEA agreement which regulate relations between EFTA and the EU, it has nevertheless induced adjustments which may question the legitimacy of this agreement in its present form.

ARENA Working Paper 02/2005 (pdf)

Ulf Sverdrup

Published Nov. 9, 2010 10:52 AM

Drawing on fresh empirical data, this paper accounts for the inter-penetration between the European Commission and national regulatory agencies. Focusing on the environmental domain, a comparative Nordic analysis shows that integration differs, in part due to organizational features and administrative culture.

ARENA Working Paper 30/2005 (pdf)

Maria Martens