seems only partly steered and forged by the domestic top ministerial leadership, and partly affected by the import of policy …

-making is still a relevant governance mechanism in the European multi-level system. At the national level,a diversity of systems … (notably in social policy). It seems that corporatist governance still has a role to play, especially in the context of …

Within the discussion on European governance and constitutional reforms of the EU polity the so-called "open method of … deepening integration within a multi-level governance system, if it is applied within certain boundaries and under specific …

Recently, 'new modes of governance' based on voluntary performance standards, rather than compulsory regulation, have … gained salience in European Union governance. Can these 'new modes of governance' offer a credible solution to the challenges … governance in the light of theoretical approaches to the EU polity. While current theories of European governance shed some light …

institutional arrangements with the prospect of the legitimization of Community governance within a policy-making arena on the one … evolution in this field shows that strong tendencies towards the adaptation of Community governance to its contested legitimacy … tension between different normative standards of legitimate governance. …