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.

• Contents


• Acknowledgements


• Abbreviations and Acronyms


• Foreword


• 1: Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders: Themes and Issues in Multi-Level Governance


• Part 1: Theory


• 2: Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks: Contrasting Visions of Multi-Level Governance


• 3: James N. Rosenau: Strong Demand, Huge Supply


• 4: Bob Jessop: Multi-Level Governance and Multi-Level Meta-Governance


• 5: Guy Peters and Jon Pierre: Multi-Level Governance and Democracy


• Part 2: Levels


• 6: Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders: Multi-Level Governance and British Politics


• 7: Stephen George: Multi-Level Governance and the European Union


• 8: Stephen Welch and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe: Multi-Level Governance and International Relations


• Part 3: Sectors


• 9: Jenny Fairbrass and Andrew Jordan: Multi-Level Governance and Environmental Policy


• 10: Ian Bache: Multi-Level Governance and Regional Policy


• 11: Jonathan Perraton and Peter Wells: Multi-Level Governance and Economic Policy


• 12: Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders: Multi-Level Governance: Conclusions and Implications


• Bibliography


• Index