1st Edition

Governance and Democracy Comparing National, European and International Experiences

Edited By Arthur Benz, Ioannis Papadopoulos Copyright 2006
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

For the first time, this new collection brings together country specialists, researchers on the European Union, and leading international relations scholars to tackle a crucial question: how compatible are today’s new patterns of ‘policy networks’ and ‘multi-level’ governance with democratic standards? This important question is attracting attention both in political science and in... Read more

List of Contributors

Preface of the editors

Introduction

Chapter 1 (Arthur Benz and Yannis Papadopoulos)

Governance and Democracy: Concepts and Key Issues

Part I: Governance in the Nation State

Chapter 2 (B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre)

Governance, Accountability and Democratic Legitimacy

Chapter 3 (Katrin Auel)

Multilevel Governance, Regional Policy and Democratic Legitimacy in Germany

Chapter 4 (Anne-France Taiclet)

Governance, Expertise and Competitive Politics. The Case of Territorial Development Policies in France

Chapter 5 (Herman van Gunsteren)

Resilience through Governance with Democracy

Chapter 6 (Arthur Benz)

Policy-Making and Accountability in EU Multilevel Governance

Chapter 7 (Stijn Smismans)

The Legitimacy of Functional Participation in European Risk Regulation: A Case Study of Occupational Health and Safety

Chapter 8 (Christine Neuhold)

European Governance by Committees. The Implications of Comitology on the Democratic Arena

Chapter 9 (Philippe C. Schmitter)

Governance in the European Union: A Viable Mechanism for Future Legitimation?

Part III: Governance at the Transnational Level

Chapter 10 (Thomas Risse)

Transnational Governance and Legitimacy

Chapter 11 (Klaus Dieter Wolf)

Private Actors and the Legitimacy of Governance Beyond the State. Conceptional Outlines and Empirical Explorations

Chapter 12 (Tanja Brühl)

The Privatization of Governance Systems: On the Legitimacy of International Environmental Policy

Chapter 13 (Rob Jenkins)

Accountability and the WTO Dispute-Settlement System

Conclusion

Chapter 14 (Arthur Benz and Yannis Papadopoulos)

Actors, Institutions and Democratic Governance: Comparing Across Levels

Biography

Arthur Benz, Ioannis Papadopoulos