European governance ranks high on the present research agenda in Europe. Based on extensive, new, empirical research, this book presents a systematic and broad-ranging view of the multi-faceted interdependence of EU and national governance. This volume is a well chosen selection from the research of leading European scholars. These scholars provide an insight into the current debate on European governance by using state-of-the-art, theory-oriented empirical research.

• 1: Helen Wallace: Contrasting Images of European Governance


• 2: Beate Kohler-Koch: Independent European Governance


• 3: Armin von Bogdandy: Links between National and Supranational Institutions: A Legal View of a New Communicative Universe


• 4: Andreas Maurer, Jürgen Mittag, and Wolfgang Wessels: National Systems' Adaptation to the EU System: Trends, Offers, and Constraints


• 5: Arthur Benz: Compounded Representation in EU multi-level Governance


• 6: Klaus Eder and Hans-Jörg Trenz: The Making of a European Public Space: The Case of Justice and Home Affairs


• 7: Hubert Heinelt, Tanja Kopp-Malek, Jochen Lang, and Bernd Reissert: Policy-Making in Fragmented Systems: How to Explain Success


• 8: Jochen Lang: Policy Implementation in a Multi-Level System: The Dynamics of Domestic Response


• 9: Frank Deppe, Michael Felder, and Stefan Tidow: Structuring the Sate: The Case of European Employment Policy


• 10: Jürgen Neyer and Dieter Wolf: Horizontal Enforcement in the EU: The BSE Case and the Case of State Aid Control