| 1 | | The EUs institutions : an overview by John Peterson and Michael Shackleton | | 1 |
| 2 | | Institutional change in the EU by Renaud Dehousse and Paul Magnette | | 17 |
| 3 | | The European Council by Philippe de Schoutheete | | 37 |
| 4 | | The council of ministers by Fiona Hayes-Renshaw | | 60 |
| 5 | | The college of commissioners by John Peterson | | 81 |
| 6 | | The European Parliament by Michael Shackleton | | 104 |
| 7 | | The European Court of Justice by Torn Kennedy | | 125 |
| 8 | | The commissions services by Liesbet Hooghe and Neill Nugent | | 147 |
| 9 | | Managing the Euro- the European Central Bank by Kathleen R. McNamara | | 169 |
| 10 | | Managing Europeanization : the European agencies by Giondomenico Majone | | 190 |
| 11 | | Financial control : the court of auditors and OLAF by Brigid Laffan | | 210 |
| 12 | | Security interests : police and judicial cooperation by Theodora Kostakopoulou | | 231 |
| 13 | | International interests : the common foreign and security policy by Michael E. Smith and Brian Crowe and John Peterson | | 252 |
| 14 | | National interests : Coreper by Jeffrey Lewis | | 272 |
| 15 | | Political interests : the European Parliaments party groups by Tapio Raunio | | 293 |
| 16 | | Social and regional interests : the economic and social committee and committee of the regions by Charlie Jeffery | | 312 |
| 17 | | Conclusion by John Peterson and Michael Shackleton | | 331 |