The book presents a theoretically informed typology of modes of governance which is tested in a careful selection of comparative country and policy studies. At the core is the question whether the European Union is destined to a network type of governance and whether and how this type of governance will be translated into the member states. The individual chapters subject the governing patterns at European and national level to empirical scrutiny. Drawing on recent research findings in different issue areas - including monetary union, social affairs, environment, genetic engineering and market liberalisation in transport, banking, energy, professional services - the contributions highlight the impact of the European activities on policy-making process in the member states.

Rainer Eising, BEATE KOHLER-KOCH

Part I: The Conceptual Challenge of European Governance Chapter 1. Introduction: Network governance in the European Union Rainer Eising and Beate Kohler-Koch Chapter 2. The evolution and transformation of European governance Beate Kohler-Koch Part II: The Transformation of European Governance: Variations on a Theme Chapter 3. Transformation in European environmental governance Andrea Lenschow Chapter 4. Regulating genetic engineering in the European Union: a post-structuralist perspective Herbert Gottweis Chapter 5. European social policy: towards multi-level and multi-actor governance Gerda Falkner Chapter 6. Economic and Monetary Union in Europe: a transformation of governance Kenneth Dyson Chapter 7. Planes, trains, and automobiles: transport governance in the European Union Mark Aspinwall Chapter 8. Governance transformation in the professional services sector: a case of market integration 'by the back door'? Jill Lovecy Part III: The European Union and the Transformation of National Patterns of Governance Chapter 9. National patterns of governance under siege: the impact of European integration Vivien Schmidt Chapter 10. Business, governance structures and the EU: the case of Denmark Niels Chr. Sidenius Chapter 11. Perceptions of governance in Greek state retreat: implementing policy change against policy-making persistence George Pagoulatos Chapter 12. Reshuffling power. The liberalisation of the EU electricity markets and its impact on the German governance regime Rainer Eising Part IV: Theoretical, Normative, and Comparative Perspectives on European Governance Chapter 13. Defending state autonomy: intergovernmental governance in the European Union Klaus-Dieter Wolf Chapter 14. Government, governance, governmentality: understanding the EU as a project of universalism Thomas O. Hueglin Chapter 15. Governance in the European Union. A comparative assessment Rainer Eising and Beate Kohler-Koch