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The coordination of the European Union : exploring the capacities of networked governance / Andrew Jordan and Adriaan Schout.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jordan, Andrew, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European Union.
- Public administration--European Union countries.
- Public administration.
- European Union countries--Politics and government.
- European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- All policy systems are struggling to respond to wicked policy problems like international terrorism, drug crime and unsustainable development, none more so than the European Union (EU) which is renowned for its fluidity, deeply sectorized structures and weak political leadership. 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 ofgovernance, which rely upon different actors working together in relatively non-hierarchical networks. New modes of governa
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; PART I: Introduction; 1. Political ambitions and coordination capacities: the management of horizontal and vertical interdependence; 2. Multilevel coordination capacities; PART II: THE MULTILEVEL CONTEXT; 3. Environmental policy integration at European Union level: a catalogue of coordinating capacities; 4. The coordination of European Union policy: actor perspectives; 5. Environmental policy integration in the European Union: actor perspectives; PART III: MEMBER STATES; 6. Germany: a reactive and passive coordinator?
- 7. The Netherlands: from event to issue coordination?8. The United Kingdom: strong administrative coordination mechanisms but weak political ambitions?; PART IV: EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS; 9. The European Commission: an organization in transition?; 10. The European Parliament: a partially disengaged partner?; PART V: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS; 11. The coordination of the European Union: exploring the capacities of networked governance; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-299) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-954848-X
- 1-280-75614-4
- 9786610756148
- 0-19-153688-1
- 1-4356-2287-1
- OCLC:
- 560549921
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