The institutions of the European Union / edited by John Peterson and Michael Shackleton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-372) and index.

The EU's institutions : an overview / John Peterson and Michael Shackleton -- Institutional change in the EU / Renaud Dehousse and Paul Magnette -- The European Council / Philippe de Schoutheete -- The Council of Ministers / Fiona Hayes-Renshaw -- The College of Commissioners / John Peterson -- The European Parliament / Michael Shackleton -- The European Court of Justice / Tom Kennedy -- The Commission's services / Liesbet Hooghe and Neill Nugent -- Managing the euro : the European Central Bank / Kathleen R. McNamara -- Managing Europeanization : the European agencies / Giandomenico Majone -- Financial control : the Court of Auditors and OLAF / Brigid Laffan -- Security interests : police and judicial cooperation / Theodora Kostakopoulou -- International interests : the Common Foreign and Security Policy / Michael E. Smith, Brian Crowe, and John Peterson -- National interests : Coreper / Jeff Lewis -- Political interests : the European Parliament's party groups / Tapio Raunio -- Social and regional interests : the Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions / Charlie Jeffery -- Conclusion -- Institutional Interdependence / John Peterson and Michael Shackleton.