<i>’The editors have produced an authoritative and comprehensive guide to multi-level governance. The book ranges across the domestic context, supraregionalism and global governance - all filtered through a sophisticated analytical framework and attention to policy detail. There is no better place to go than this book for a guide to the topic. An outstanding accomplishment.’</i>

- David Held, London School of Economics, UK,

<i>’The handbook provides an authoritative overview of the MLG literature. . . it has the potential to be widely used as a source of reference. The book is systematically structured, and most chapters are of high quality.’</i>

- Achim Hurrelmann, Environment and Planning C,

<i>’This volume brings together scholars with a wide range of scholarly backgrounds to reflect on the value of MLG in different contexts, with sections on analytical approaches: MLG in the domestic context; the EU as a multi-level system; MLG and comparative regionalism; global governance; and policy areas. . . This is a valuable contribution to a debate that is not about to go away.’</i>

- Ian Bache, Political Studies,

Scholarship of multi-level governance has developed into one of the most innovative themes of research in political science and public policy. This accessible Handbook presents a thorough review of the wide-ranging literature, encompassing various theoretical and conceptual approaches to multi-level governance and their application to policy-making in domestic, regional and global contexts. The importance of multi-level governance in specific policy areas is highlighted, and the contributors - an international group of highly renowned scholars - report on the ways in which their field of specialization is or may be affected by multi-level governance and how developments could affect its conceptualization. European integration is considered from its unique standpoint as the key catalyst in the development of multi-level approaches, and the use of multi-level governance in other parts of the world, at both domestic and regional levels, is also considered in detail before focus is shifted towards global governance. The Handbook concludes with a presentation of six policy fields and instruments affected by multi-level governance, including: social policy, environmental policy, economic policy, international taxation, standard-setting and policing.This comprehensive Handbook takes stock of the vast array of multi-level governance theory and research developed in subfields of political science and public policy, and as such will provide an invaluable reference tool for scholars, researchers and students with a special interest in public policy, regulation and governance.Contributors: M.W. Bauer, M. Beisheim, A. Benz, T.A. Börzel, D. Braun, T. Büthe, S. Campe, S. Clarkson, H. Enderlein, B. Geys, A. Graser, T.N. Hale, M. Hallerberg, A. Hassel, E. Herschinger, S. Hix, L. Hooghe, C. Humrich, M. Jachtenfuchs, C. Jeffery, I. Kaul, K.A. Konrad, C. Kraft-Kasack, S. Kuhnle, G. Marks, W. Mattli, F.W. Mayer, A. Obydenkova, B. Rittberger, T. Rixen, A. Sbragia, M. Schäferhoff, F.W. Scharpf, J.A. Scholte, M.A. Schreurs, A.-M. Slaughter, M.B. Stein, W. Swenden, L. Turkewitsch, S. Wälti, B. Zangl, M. Zürn
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Scholarship of multi-level governance has developed into one of the most innovative themes of research in political science and public policy.
Contents: Introduction Michael Zürn, Sonia Wälti and Henrik Enderlein PART I: ANALYTICAL APPROACHES 1. Types of Multi-level Governance Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks 2. Federalism and Optimal Allocation Across Levels of Governance Benny Geys and Kai A. Konrad 3. Multi-level Games Frederick W. Mayer 4. Multi-level Europe – The Case for Multiple Concepts Fritz W. Scharpf 5. Global Governance as Multi-level Governance Michael Zürn PART II: MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE IN THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT 6. Subnational Participation in National Decisions: The Role of Second Chambers Wilfried Swenden 7. Multi-level Governance, Decentralization and Fiscal Federalism Mark Hallerberg 8. Multi-level Party Competition in Federal and Regional States Charlie Jeffery 9. Multi-level Governance and Organized Interests Anke Hassel 10. Multi-level Governance in Germany and Switzerland Dietmar Braun 11. Multi-level Governance in Canadian and American Intergovernmental Relations Michael B. Stein and Lisa Turkewitsch PART III: THE EU AS A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM 12. The Institutional Framework of the European Union Markus Jachtenfuchs 13. The European Union as a Loosely Coupled Multi-level System Arthur Benz 14. Party Politics in the European Union Simon Hix 15. Multi-level Governance and Parliaments in the European Union Berthold Rittberger 16. Regions and the European Union Michael W. Bauer and Tanja A. Börzel PART IV: MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM 17. Multi-level Governance and Comparative Regionalism Alberta Sbragia 18. Multi-modal Governance in North America Stephen Clarkson 19. Multi-level Governance in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Problems and Promises Anastassia Obydenkova 20. Multi-level Governance the ASEAN Way Miranda A. Schreurs PART V: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 21. The Changing Role of the United Nations: Lessons for Multi-level Governance Inge Kaul 22. Global Governance through Legislation Christoph Humrich and Bernhard Zangl 23. Transgovernmental Networks and Multi-level Governance Anne-Marie Slaughter and Thomas N. Hale 24. Global Governance through Public–Private Partnerships Marianne Beisheim, Sabine Campe and Marco Schäferhoff 25. Civil Society in Multi-level Governance Jan Aart Scholte PART VI: POLICY AREAS 26. Social Policy and Multi-level Governance Alexander Graser and Stein Kuhnle 27. Multi-level Environmental Governance Sonia Wälti 28. Economic Policy-making and Multi-level Governance Henrik Enderlein 29. International Taxation and Multi-level Governance Thomas Rixen 30. Standards for Global Markets: Domestic and International Institutions Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli 31. International Policing: Embedding the State Monopoly of Force Eva Herschinger, Markus Jachtenfuchs and Christiane Kraft-Kasack Index
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’The editors have produced an authoritative and comprehensive guide to multi-level governance. The book ranges across the domestic context, supraregionalism and global governance - all filtered through a sophisticated analytical framework and attention to policy detail. There is no better place to go than this book for a guide to the topic. An outstanding accomplishment.’
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781847202413
Publisert
2010-12-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
512

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Edited by the late Henrik Enderlein, formerly Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, Sonja Wälti, American University, Washington, DC, US and Michael Zürn, Social Science Research Center Berlin and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany