New Modes of Governance in Europe: Governing in the Shadow of Hierarchy (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 17
New Modes of European Governance: An Introduction......Page 22
1 The importance of governance theory......Page 23
2 Governance as a ‘frame’ concept......Page 28
3 Old versus new governance......Page 33
4 The content and orientation of the book......Page 37
Notes......Page 39
1 Introduction: Two sets of competing expectations......Page 40
1.1 Approaching modes of governance: What is new?......Page 44
2 The emergence of new modes of governance: External shocks and spill-over as driving forces?......Page 45
2.1 Emergence within the three pillars......Page 49
3 The execution of new modes of governance: New instruments, new actors, a new mix?......Page 52
4.1 Treaty change and the evolution of new modes of governance......Page 56
4.2 The evolution of new modes of governance within the three pillars......Page 57
5 The evaluation of new modes of governance: Effective, efficient and legitimate?......Page 63
6 Conclusion: The hidden steps of EU integration......Page 65
1 Introduction......Page 69
2.1 A variety of new modes of regulatory governance The goals of new modes of governance......Page 71
2.2 Emergence: Driving the move towards......Page 74
The need for expertise......Page 75
Pre-empting legislation......Page 76
New modes as a default option......Page 77
3.1 A variety of instruments......Page 78
3.2 A mix of public and private actors......Page 80
3.3 Government and new modes of governance......Page 82
4 Evolution: Old and new modes in a longitudinal perspective......Page 83
5.1 Policy effectiveness......Page 87
5.2 The structural impact of new modes: New modes of governance and democratic accountability......Page 89
6 Conclusion......Page 92
Notes......Page 94
1 Introduction......Page 96
2 New modes of governance: What are they?......Page 99
3.1 Seek and ye shall find?......Page 100
3.2 Why do they (not) emerge?......Page 105
4 Execution and evolution: The resilience of government and hierarchy......Page 111
5.1 Handle with care: The (effect)iveness of new modes of governance......Page 114
5.2 Cui bono? The structural impact of new modes of governance......Page 120
6 Conclusions: Much ado about almost nothing?......Page 123
1 Introduction......Page 125
2 Varieties of modes of socio-economic governance......Page 131
3 The emergence of new modes of socio-economic governance......Page 134
4 Execution: New commitment devices and regulatory innovation......Page 139
5 Evolution and evaluation of new modes of governance......Page 147
6 The structure and allocation of power......Page 151
Notes......Page 154
5 Evaluating Trustworthiness, Representation and Political Accountability in New Modes of Governance......Page 156
1 ‘New’ modes of European governance......Page 157
2 Legitimacy, trustworthiness and compliance......Page 161
3 Representation......Page 167
4 Political accountability......Page 174
5 Conclusion: New modes of governance in the ‘shadow’ of democratic legitimacy......Page 181
1 Introduction......Page 184
2 Definition......Page 185
4 Emergence......Page 186
5 Execution......Page 189
6 Evolution......Page 191
7 Evaluation......Page 192
References......Page 196
Index......Page 208