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  • Front Cover; Multi-Level Governance: The Missing Linkages; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Acknowledgements; Preface; References; Multi-Level Governance: The Missing Linkages; Notes; References; Multi-Level Governance, EU Public Policy and the Evasive Dependent Variable; Introduction; Multi-Level Governance and Its Propositions; Network Governance; PA Approach and Policy Learning; MLG Propositions; Concluding Thoughts: Where to Take the MLG Agenda?; Acknowledgement; References.
  • Revisiting the 'Management Deficit': Can the Commission (Still Not) Manage Europe?The Metcalfe Critique; The Management Challenge: Developments Since 1992; Revisiting the 'Management Deficit'; The Commission: The Internal Dimension; The Commission: External Strategizing; Manageability within the Single Market; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Independent EU Commissioner: An Administrative Analysis; Introduction; Changing the Parameters of Economic Governance; The EU's Ambitions and Administrative Capacities; Organisational Capacity I: Independence as Operational Value.
  • Organisational Capacity II: Operating Procedures of the Independent CommissionerPolicy Preparation; Writing of the Recommendations by DG ECFIN; Decision-Taking in the College; Conclusions; References; EU Agencies and the European Multi-Level Administrative System; EU Agencies and the Transformation of EU Multi-Level Administration; Research Questions; Ideal Typical Models of Agencies and Comparison; The Autonomy of EU Agencies; Personnel Autonomy; Financial Autonomy; Policy Autonomy; Summative Indexes of Autonomy and Discussion; The Steering and Control of EU Agencies.
  • Policy Networks and Agencies in the EU: Mapping the Integration/Disintegration MosaicEU Agencies in Policy Networks; Where's the Influence? Involvement of EU Agencies in European Public Policy Processes; Addressing the Research Questions; Concluding Remarks: EU Agencies in the European Multi-Level Administrative System; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix: The Design of the Research; The Interaction between Agencies, Networks, and the European Commission in Emerging Regulatory Constellations: A Comparativ ... ; Introduction; Analytical Framework.
  • The Role of the Commission and Regulatory Networks in the European Telecom SectorFirst Phase Regulatory Reforms: NRAs and the IRG (1990s); Second Phase Regulatory Reforms: The Establishment of the ERG (2002-2009); Third Phase Regulatory Reforms: The Shift to BEREC and the Office (2009-Present); The Role of the Commission and Regulatory Networks in the European Patent System; Historical Context: From Divergence to Convergence (Until 1940s); First Phase Regulatory Reforms: The Establishment and Functioning of the European Patent System (1950s-1980s).