Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 8 (10 is the highest mark), The Hague University (School for European Studies), course: European Regional Policy, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In this essay I try to make a brief critical summary of Jennifer R. Wozniak Boyle¿s book "Conditional Leadership - The European Commission and the European Regional Policy" and to use its theoretical framework to comment upon the "AER Study on Regional Policy 2014+". In the first part I¿m going to describe the outline of Wozniak Boyle¿s book and explain the two contemporary models of European integration: Intergovernmentalism and Supranational Institutionalism. Then I continue with describing the way how Wozniak Boyle tries to determine the influence of the Commission in European regional policy and summarize her results. In the end I¿m going to critically assess the book and try use its theoretical framework, if possible, to comment upon the AER Study. The essay ends with a conclusion.