actors at different levels of governance. The empirical results show that the Commission is a resilient central network …

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 …

number of scholars in the social sciences. Yet beyond the bedrock agreement that governance has become (and should be) multi … types of multi-level governance. One type conceives of dispersion of authority to multi-task, territorially mutually … type of governance pictures specialized, territorially overlapping jurisdictions in a relatively flexible, non …

Schmalz-Bruns (1998, 1999a, 1999b) developed a concept of legitimate governance beyond the constitutional state, which he …

-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 …

In this article we approach the functioning of bureaucracy in ESDP from a governance perspective that also focuses on … informal patterns of interaction between the relevant bureaucratic actors. Following the governance and related network … governance approaches, the interplay between formal and informal patterns of interaction can help to overcome deadlock in policy …

As the European Union (EU) has strengthened, scholars have emphasized the development of multilevel governance … development of non-binding regulations, we must re-consider the potential of this type of governance instrument to serve as an … intergovernmental and intra-governmental coordinative mechanism; thus contributing to the development of multilevel governance …