Why and to what extent do states differ in their implementation of international norms? Furthermore, why and to what … extent do states differ in their mode of resolving conflicts regarding non-implementation of international norms? In this … article the empirical focus is on implementation of Community legislation by the member states of the European Union (EU) and …

also this activity is highly contested. Our main conclusion is that implementation of EU policies at the national level is … driven national agencies), nor solely networked (through transnational agency clusters). Implementation is indeed compound …

implementation studies in the European Union. In addition to calling for the further development of reliable quantitative indicators … processes shaping the goals and aspirations in European implementation. Second, we should increase attention to the interplay …

administrative heterogeneity in the EU to such an extent that it is likely to challenge the notion of homogeneous implementation and …

-legal instruments for improving implementation in the member states. One specific instrument is networked administrative structures with … national regulatory agencies , aiming to harmonize and improve implementation at the national ‘street-level’. Changes in … IMPEL is an arrangement that on the one hand may lead to more effective and homogeneous implementation of Community law, but …