Observers of the European policy-making process are inevitably struck by the contrast between cumbersome decision-making processes on the one hand and simultaneous swift policy developments on the other. Many policies seem to be stuck for long periods in the Council, while at the same time...

Current research on the main bodies of the European Union (Council, Commission, Parliament) tends to concentrate either on relations within these bodies, or on relations between them. The result is that little attention is paid to how these two intersect; that is, to how changes in relations...

Differential Europe : the European Union impact on national policymaking / Adrienne H(c)♭ritier -- Transport policy in the European Union / Dieter Kerwer and Michael Teutsch -- Reforming transport policy in Britain : concurrence with Europe but separate development / Christoph Knill --...