The Europeanization of regional policies: patterns of multi-level governance

Benz, Arthur; Eberlein, Burkard

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“…MLG offered a conceptual framework (way of seeing) for studying European regional (cohesion) policy (Bache 1998;Benz and Eberlein 1999) and accounting for the broader transformation from 'government' to 'governance' and even 'metagovernance' (Bache and Flinders 2004;Jessop 2004;Kohler-Koch and Eising 1999). Together, Hooghe and Marks's (2001) consolidated volume encouraged a comparative investigation of institutional adaptation between the national and regional level (Börzel 2002), and the supranational and national level (Kohler-Koch 2003).…”

Section: Original Uses (1993 -)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet, country case studies showed the persistence of central control in the face of diverging subnational practices. Regionalization processes triggered differentiation, resulting in very varied administrative governmental capacities across multiple arenas (Benz and Eberlein 1999;Milio 2010;Piattoni 2008;Stubbs 2005;Taylor et al 2012;Thielemann 1999). MLG was applied extensively in environmental policy (Fairbrass and Jordan 2004;Knill and Tosun 2008), but also in other 'first pillar areas' such as telecoms policy (Fuchs 1994), food safety (Bernauer and Caduff 2004) and innovation policy/leadership (Kaiser and Prange 2004).…”

Section: Functional Uses (1997 -)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Twenty years of multi-level governance: ‘Where Does It Come From? What Is It? Where Is It Going?’ *

Stephenson¹,

Bache²,

Flinders³

2017

Frameworks of the European Union’s Policy Process

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In two decades since the Maastricht Treaty, multi-level governance (MLG) has developed as a conceptual framework for profiling the 'arrangement' of policy-making activity performed within and across politico-administrative institutions located at different territorial levels. This contribution examines the ways in which the MLG literature has been employed, effectively taking stock of applied research to date. It identifies five main uses of MLG and the different focus of emerging research over time. Considering the most recent scholarship, the contribution explores possible new directions for research, in light of global governance, culminating in a 'bird's eye view' of MLG over 20 years.

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Section: Original Uses (1993 -)mentioning

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Section: Functional Uses (1997 -)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Twenty years of multi-level governance: ‘Where Does It Come From? What Is It? Where Is It Going?’ *

Stephenson¹,

Bache²,

Flinders³

2017

Frameworks of the European Union’s Policy Process

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“…Some authors differentiate between horizontal and vertical governance (Benz and Eberlein 1999;Lyall and Tait 2004). The horizontal level includes relevant actors in decision making processes within a defined geographical, functional or political-administrative segment.…”

Section: From Government To Governancementioning

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Coping with Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Risk Governance: A Synthesis

Renn

Klinke

Asselt

2011

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The term governance describes the multitude of actors and processes that lead to collectively binding decisions. The term risk governance translates the core principles of governance to the context of risk-related policy making. We aim to delineate some basic lessons from the insights of the other articles in this special issue for our understanding of risk governance. Risk governance provides a conceptual as well as normative basis for how to cope with uncertain, complex and/or ambiguous risks. We propose to synthesize the breadth of the articles in this special issue by suggesting some changes to the risk governance framework proposed by the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) and adding some insights to its analytical and normative implications.

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“…First, the impact of EU regional policy varies considerably from country to country, depending on such factors as member state size, governmental traditions and existing territorial and constitutional arrangements; no general trend or pattern of convergence can be observed, rather divergence and differentiation are the rule. And, secondly, national governments can act as effective 'gate-keepers' when it comes to the implementation of EU policies, thus limiting the domestic impact of EU regional policy (Pollack, 1995;Jeffery, 1997;Bache, 1998;Börzel, 1999;Benz and Eberlein, 1999;Evans, 2001).…”

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Regional Policy and Decentralization in the Czech Republic

Baun

Marek

2006

Regional & Federal Studies

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EU accession has had an ambiguous impact on regionalization in the Czech Republic. While EU membership necessitated the creation of regional administrative structures to manage the Structural Funds, the role of new regional authorities was often undermined by the centralized nature of the accession process itself. Developments since accession have created a new dynamic in the debate over regional policy and regionalization in the Czech Republic, however. Most significant are the increased political importance of the new regions and changes in partisan attitudes about regionalization. The impact of these developments is evident in the debate over regional policy planning for 2007-2103. Thus, despite its limited initial impact, EU accession has created the structural potential for increased regionalization in the Czech Republic which has been actualized by the changing constellation of political forces and altered preferences of key political actors in the country.

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The Europeanization of regional policies: patterns of multi-level governance

Cited by 218 publications

References 13 publications

Twenty years of multi-level governance: ‘Where Does It Come From? What Is It? Where Is It Going?’ *

Twenty years of multi-level governance: ‘Where Does It Come From? What Is It? Where Is It Going?’ *

Coping with Complexity, Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Risk Governance: A Synthesis

Regional Policy and Decentralization in the Czech Republic

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