TY - BOOK AU - Nugent,Neill AU - Rhinard,Mark TI - The European Commission T2 - The European Union series SN - 9780230220584 (hardback) AV - JN33.5 .N84 2015 U1 - 341.242/226 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - European Commission KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-414) and index; Machine generated contents note: -- 1.Introduction -- 2.An Overview of the Commission -- 3.The History of the Commission -- 4.The President -- 5.The College -- 6. Commissioners' Cabinet -- 7. The Services -- 8. Personnel -- 9. The Commission's Relations with Other EU Actors -- 10. The Provision of Leadership -- 11. The Making of EU Legislation -- 12. Executive Functions -- 13. External Relations -- 14. Conclusions N2 - "A fully revised and expanded new edition of the authoritative text on the European Commission. This major text based on extensive original research introduces and assesses the key factors involved in the Commission's evolution, organization, character, functioning and role"-- ER -