The paper presents a new approach to EU governance by stressing the interdependence of governance and integration. It … suggests that EU governance is not just shaped by the emerging properties of the EU polity but has a strong impact both on … integration and coherence of member state systems up to a point where European ‘good governance’ may threaten the governability …

This paper is about the difficult relationship between law and governance in the European Union. The turn to governance … the turn to governance seems to be irresistible and irreversible. Such innovation, however, is not easily reconcilable … governing techniques that are today defined as governance can also be found within national systems and were, furthermore, the …

-fold classification of EU modes of governance is developed based on the dimensions of centralization/dispersion (of authority), strict …

This paper seeks to address problems of accountability in systems of multi-level governance organized around networks … capable of providing effective machinery for accountability in network governance systems. …

The emergence in the European Union of new modes of governance (NMG) such as the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) has … to by studies of the OMC and other new modes of governance but is rarely integrated systematically into their analysis. …

Recently, political science has seen an intense debate about the phenomenon of “governance”. The aim of this paper is … to clarify the basic concepts that are at the heart of this debate, notably “governance” and “modes of governance”. It … classified according to whether they emphasise the politics, polity or policy dimensions of governance. We use these categories …

One of the most common arguments about ‘new governance’ is that it is characterised by heterarchy rather than by … hierarchy, creating horizontal modes of governance among a multitude of actors – public and private – involving all relevant … the particular participatory features of ‘new governance’ as compared to ‘old governance’. Using as a case study Community …

This paper argues that current widespread characterizations of EU governance as multi-level and networked overlook the …