The Policy Press, 2001 ISSN 0305 5736
Policy & Politics vol. 29, no. 2, p. 193–208
The majority of European scholars accept that the European Union (EU)
operates at several different administrative levels and exhibits some features
of ‘goveance’. However, they disagree, often fundamentally, about the
precise relationships between activities at different levels. This article critically
examines the popular claim that the EU has evolved into a system of multi-level
goveance as opposed to state-led govement. The ‘goveance tu’ that
has swept through European studies in the last 10 years has opened up
substantial new avenues of inquiry as analysts have begun comparing the policy
dynamics within and between sectors and/or levels of the EU. However, it
remains unclear whether multi-level goveance is a general feature of the EU
or a phenomenon confined to particular sectors and/or levels.
Policy & Politics vol. 29, no. 2, p. 193–208
The majority of European scholars accept that the European Union (EU)
operates at several different administrative levels and exhibits some features
of ‘goveance’. However, they disagree, often fundamentally, about the
precise relationships between activities at different levels. This article critically
examines the popular claim that the EU has evolved into a system of multi-level
goveance as opposed to state-led govement. The ‘goveance tu’ that
has swept through European studies in the last 10 years has opened up
substantial new avenues of inquiry as analysts have begun comparing the policy
dynamics within and between sectors and/or levels of the EU. However, it
remains unclear whether multi-level goveance is a general feature of the EU
or a phenomenon confined to particular sectors and/or levels.