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 …

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

Europeanization, supranational intergovernmentalism, multilevel governance, administrative fusion or Brusselisation, the … analyzed through social network analysis. We find that the governance of ESDP is characterized by a weak form 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 …

Wider involvement and better knowledge are keywords in the recent White Paper on European Governance. The political … discourse has, quite obviously, taken up the academic debate about the importance of ideas and networks. The Commission is seen … wisdom concerning the importance of European ideas and networks for policy change and raises the question how ideational and …

insights from comparative politics, public administration and multi-level governance, this article considers four important …