Multi-Level Governance in the European Union: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Conzelmann; Dr. Randall Smith

doi:10.5771/9783845210605

Summary

In recent years, the debate on the future institutional shape of the European Union has centred on the Constitutional Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty as its less ambitious (but possibly equally abortive) successor. The debate has thus neglected the emergence of a wide variety of "new" and "multi-level" forms of governing. The present volume takes stock of these debates and asks critical questions about policy conflicts and the effectiveness and legitimacy of these forms of governance: Under what conditions can they stand up to the high expectations that are put in them by their supporters?

The volume offers reflections on the notion of network governance, Multi-Level Governance and the difficult issue of democratic accountability, as well as empirical case studies from the structural funds area as well as from environmental policy broadly conceived.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2008
Copyright Year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-3838-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1060-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 270
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
List of contributors No access Pages 7 - 9
1. A New Mode of Governing? Multi-level Governance between Cooperation and Conflict No access Pages 9 - 31
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2. Problems of Democratic Accountability in Network and Multi-Level Governance No access Pages 31 - 53
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3. How to Achieve Governability in Multi-level Policymaking: Lessons from the EU Structural Funds and EU Environmental Policy No access Pages 53 - 71
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1. The Development of the Structural Funds: A Success Story? No access Pages 71 - 94
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2. Structural Funds and Institutional Design: Policy Learning and Adaptation in Cohesion Countries No access Pages 94 - 114
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3. Preparation for Structural Funds and Europeanisation: The Case of Lithuania No access Pages 114 - 124
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4. EU Structural Funds and Domestic Governance and Policy in Britain No access Pages 124 - 143
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1. Emerging Patterns of Multi-Level Governance in EU Environmental Policy No access Pages 143 - 163
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2. Law into Action: The Struggle to Comply with the Habitats Directive in Ireland, Greece and Finland No access Pages 163 - 186
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3. Multi-Level Environmental Governance and UK Devolution: Weak Administrations Jockeying for Position No access Pages 186 - 207
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4. Regulatory Effects of Participatory Environmental Networks: The Case of the ‘Seville Process’ No access Pages 207 - 232
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5. “Privatising” EU Governance: Emergence and Performance of Voluntary Agreements in European Environmental Policy No access Pages 232 - 255
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6. Living Happily Ever After? How “Going International” Changes the Relationship between EU Member States and EU Institutions in Environmental Policy No access Pages 255 - 270
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