Multi-level Governance

by Bache, Ian; Flinders, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780199259267
• ISBN10: 0199259267
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This unique collection brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to assess and critique the key concept of multi-level governance. This is a concept which has been widely adopted to explain the changing nature of domestic and international politics ever since its early application to the EU.

Author Biography

Matthew Flinders was awarded the Political Studies Association's Richard Rose
Prize 2004.
Judges' Citation
'Dr Flinders has focussed on a set of topics of central
relevance to British Government and politics: the
institutions and mechanisms of accountability and
responsibility. In doing so he has addressed an
interesting and important question in a fresh way. He
has combined a strong sense of the historical
evolution of the conventions of British government
since the mid-nineteenth century; shown how the
contemporary practice of British government has
diverged from the assumptions underlying these now
obsolete conventions; and identified multiple
mechanisms that have been invoked in attempts to fill
the gap left by parliamentary non-accountability. Flinders' publications show the ability to use relevant
concepts to clarify and organize information without
losing sight of ambiguities and complexities.'

Table of Contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms	xi
Notes on Contributors	xiv
1. Themes and Issues in Multi-level Governance	1	(14)
Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders
Part One: Theory
2. Contrasting Visions of Multi-level Governance	15	(16)
Gary Marks and Liesbet Hooghe
3. Strong Demand, Huge Supply: Governance in an Emerging Epoch	31	(18)
James N. Rosenau
4. Multi-level Governance and Multi-level Metagovernance	49	(26)
Bob Jessop
5. Multi-level Governance and Democracy: A Faustian Bargain?	75	(18)
B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre
Part Two: Levels
6. Multi-level Governance and British Politics	93	(14)
Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders
7. Multi-level Governance and the European Union	107	(20)
Stephen George
8. Multi-level Governance and International Relations	127	(20)
Stephen Welch and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
Part Three: Sectors
9. Multi-level Governance and Environmental Policy	147	(18)
Jenny Fairbrass and Andrew Jordan
10. Multi-level Governance and European Union Regional Policy	165	(14)
Ian Bache
11. Multi-level Governance and Economic Policy	179	(16)
Jonathon Perraton and Peter Wells
12. Multi-level Governance: Conclusions and Implications	195	(12)
Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders
References	207	(24)
Index	231