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European Governance (european + governance)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Humanities and Social Sciences60%
Law and Criminology30%

Selected Abstracts

Europe in Search of its Civil Society

EUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 2 2002
Olivier De Schutter
Building upon the experience of the Convention for the elaboration of the Charter of fundamental rights and upon the suggestions of the White Paper on European Governance, this article puts forward proposals for a better involvement of the ,civil society' in the system of the European Union. It offers a general diagnosis of the misunderstandings surrounding the notion of ,civil society' and the relationship of representative democracy to participatory democracy. It then draws some lessons from the experiment in deliberative democracy which led to the drafting of the Charter of fundamental rights. Finally, it focuses on the contribution the organisations of the civil society can make to good governance in the European Union. Altogether, the proposals presented tend to encourage a better structuration of the actors of the civil society. Such a structuration, the article concludes, although it is usually considered with suspicion even by those whom it would most benefit, must be seen instead as a condition for the effective exercise of whichever participatory rights might be granted to the organisations of the civil society. [source]

The Judiciary and European Governance

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 3 2005
Eric K. Leonard
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Contradictions and Limits of Neoliberal European Governance: From Lisbon to Lisbon , Edited by B. van Apeldoorn, J. Drahokoupil and L. Horn

JCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 5 2009
PETER SLOMINSKI
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

European Governance: Policy-Making between Politicization and Control , Edited by G. Walzenbach

JCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 1 2007
LEE MCGOWAN
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Governance ,to Go': Domestic Actors, Institutions and the Boundaries of the Possible

JCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 4 2001
Laura Cram
How to ,bring Europe closer to the people' has long been a preoccupation of the policy-maker at the EU level and has recently been restated as a goal of the member governments in the Treaty of Nice. Currently, the Commission is addressing this issue through the White Paper on European Governance. Here, it is argued that the focus on ,governance' as a strategy for inclusion was ill founded and underestimated the likely conflict with existing ,governance' regimes at the domestic level. Moreover, the pursuit of ,heroic' Europeanism with a concomitant emergence of a sense of ,Europeanness' or a European ,identity' as advocated in the Commission's work programme for the White Paper on European Governance was misguided. Drawing on empirical research into the activities of women's organizations in Greece, Ireland and the UK, it is argued that the extent to which EU level action may [source]

Efficient Plutocracy versus Ineffective Democracy? (De)Limiting Alternatives in European Governance

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW, Issue 5 2010
David J. Bailey
First page of article [source]

The White Paper on European Governance , Have Glasnost and Perestroika Finally Arrived to the European Union?

THE MODERN LAW REVIEW, Issue 2 2002
Adam Cygan
First page of article [source]

European governance of natural resources and participation in a multi-level context: An editorial

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 3 2009
Felix Rauschmayer
Abstract Policy markers are looking at two different directions for guidance when addressing the challenges of multi-level environmental governance in the face of global environmental change. First, they are seeking scientific advice to find solutions to policy problems. Second, they are emphasizing participation of the public and/or stakeholders to enhance the legitimacy of governance. In this editorial we explore the challenges of participation in a multi-level governance context, outline a practically relevant strategy for research on multi-level governance of natural resources and briefly outline the key contributions of the five articles that comprise this special issue. The special issue maps issues of key importance for research on multi-level governance of natural resources rather than offering conclusions from systematic comparative studies , the latter is the ultimate goal of the GoverNat project from which the contributions stem. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source]

Analysing and Assessing Accountability: A Conceptual Framework1

EUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 4 2007
Mark Bovens
But how can we establish the existence of accountability deficits? This article tries to get to grips with the appealing but elusive concept of accountability by asking three types of questions. First a conceptual one: what exactly is meant by accountability? In this article the concept of accountability is used in a rather narrow sense: a relationship between an actor and a forum, in which the actor has an obligation to explain and to justify his or her conduct, the forum can pose questions and pass judgement, and the actor may face consequences. The second question is analytical: what types of accountability are involved? A series of dimensions of accountability are discerned that can be used to describe the various accountability relations and arrangements that can be found in the different domains of European governance. The third question is evaluative: how should we assess these accountability arrangements? The article provides three evaluative perspectives: a democratic, a constitutional and a learning perspective. Each of these perspectives may produce different types of accountability deficits. [source]

The Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union Committee System

GOVERNANCE, Issue 2 2002
Mark Rhinard
This article investigates both the operation and the democratic legitimacy of the European Union committee system. This vast but rarely studied system is an important site of European governance, exercising an increasing amount of policy responsibility while also providing the essential arenas necessary for supranational problem solving. Despite their contribution to the success of the "European project," committees are increasingly coming under attack, notably for their lack of democratic credentials. The article employs original empirical research based on interviews and internal documentary evidence to answer a timely question: does the EU committee system strike an appropriate balance between the values of system effectiveness and democratic legitimacy? Following the application of a set of democratic principles to EU committees, the article finds that a poor balance has been struck between effectiveness and democracy. The article concludes with some operational suggestions for improving this balance in the short-to-medium term. [source]