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 …

seems only partly steered and forged by the domestic top ministerial leadership, and partly affected by the import of policy …

-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 …

theories of integration and apply them to the understanding of the role law and other normative orders and governance processes …

institutional arrangements with the prospect of the legitimization of Community governance within a policy-making arena on the one … evolution in this field shows that strong tendencies towards the adaptation of Community governance to its contested legitimacy … tension between different normative standards of legitimate governance. …