As the traditional mode of coordinating--essentially issuing regulation--no longer commands sufficient political support, the EU has turned to what are increasingly termed soft or 'new' modes of governance, which rely upon different actors working together in relatively non-hierarchical networks. This analysis provides the first book-length account of how effective network-based modes are at addressing problems that simultaneously demand greater levels of horizontal and vertical coordination.
Author(s): Andrew Jordan, Adriaan Schout
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 336
Contents......Page 16
List of Tables and Boxes......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 19
PART I: Introduction......Page 22
1. Political ambitions and coordination capacities: the management of horizontal and vertical interdependence......Page 24
2. Multilevel coordination capacities......Page 52
PART II: THE MULTILEVEL CONTEXT......Page 80
3. Environmental policy integration at European Union level: a catalogue of coordinating capacities......Page 82
4. The coordination of European Union policy: actor perspectives......Page 108
5. Environmental policy integration in the European Union: actor perspectives......Page 134
PART III: MEMBER STATES......Page 164
6. Germany: a reactive and passive coordinator?......Page 166
7. The Netherlands: from event to issue coordination?......Page 187
8. The United Kingdom: strong administrative coordination mechanisms but weak political ambitions?......Page 208
PART IV: EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS......Page 228
9. The European Commission: an organization in transition?......Page 230
10. The European Parliament: a partially disengaged partner?......Page 251
PART V: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS......Page 270
11. The coordination of the European Union: exploring the capacities of networked governance......Page 272
Bibliography......Page 298
C......Page 322
D......Page 323
E......Page 324
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H......Page 326
L......Page 327
N......Page 328
P......Page 329
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U......Page 331
Z......Page 332
