democratic quality of policy-making in international governance arrangements. However, it remains unclear under what conditions … consultation with civil society organisations and above all the White Paper on European Governance have triggered some scientific …

In the literature on European and global governance there is a trend to conceptualize ‘public accountability’ as … accountability relations within governance networks has its merits the creeping re-conceptualization of ‘public accountability’ as an … of governance through public debate. This paper critically discusses the advance of managerial and administrative notions …

The emergence of a pan-European public sphere as a correlate of democratic governance in the EU is held to be difficult …

With the White Paper on European Governance (2001) the European Commission has introduced a new approach to European … policy-making and civil society making public consultations an essential tool for improving governance and policy outputs … legitimising EU governance. …