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 …

appropriate statistical techniques and indicators, the benchmarking system pro-vided by EUROSTAT seems to be sufficiently … feasibility. The European Union benchmark-ing exercise is embedded in the context of the Open Method(s) of Co-ordination (OMC …). This context makes the benchmarking approach part and parcel of an overarching philosophy, which relates the benchmarking …

effective European intervention in the domain is limited, especially for 'soft' modes of governance such as the Open Method of …

appropriate statistical techniques and indicators, the benchmarking system provided by EUROSTAT seems to be sufficiently effective … feasibility. The European Union benchmarking exercise is embedded in the context of the Open Method(s) of Co-ordination (OMC …). This context makes the benchmarking approach part and parcel of an overarching philosophy, which relates the benchmarking …

This article contributes to the debate on technocratic governance in the European Union. It examines the relationship … law. To this end, a typology is developed to distinguish between decisionist, technocratic and reflexive governance … reflexive governance. To some extent, this change can also be observed in the general debate on European governance. In …