The Transformation of Governance in the European Union

The Transformation of Governance in the European Unionpresents a theoretically informed typology of modes of governance which is tested in a careful selection of comparative country and policy studies.

Part I: the Conceptual Challenge of European Governance Chapter 1. Introduction: Network governance in the European Union Rainer Eising and Beate Kohler-Koch Chapter 2. the evolution and transformation of European governance Beate Kohler-Koch Part II: the Transformation of European Governance: Variations on a Theme Chapter 3. Transformation in European environmental governance Andrea Lenschow Chapter 4. Regulating genetic engineering in the European Union: a post-structuralist perspective Herbert Gottweis Chapter 5. European social policy: towards multi-level and multi-actor governance Gerda Falkner Chapter 6. Economic and Monetary Union in Europe: a transformation of governance Kenneth Dyson Chapter 7. Planes, trains, and automobiles: transport governance in the European Union Mark Aspinwall Chapter 8. Governance transformation in the professional services sector: a case of market integration 'by the back door'? Jill Lovecy Part III: the European Union and the Transformation of National Patterns of Governance Chapter 9. National patterns of governance under siege: the impact of European integration Vivien Schmidt Chapter 10. Business, governance structures and the EU: the case of Denmark Niels Chr. Sidenius Chapter 11. Perceptions of governance in Greek state retreat: implementing policy change against policy-making persistence George Pagoulatos Chapter 12. Reshuffling power. the liberalisation of the EU electricity markets and its impact on the German governance regime Rainer Eising Part IV: Theoretical, Normative, and Comparative Perspectives on European Governance Chapter 13. Defending state autonomy: intergovernmental governance in the European Union Klaus-Dieter Wolf Chapter 14. Government, governance, governmentality: understanding the EU as a project of universalism Thomas O. Hueglin Chapter 15. Governance in the European Union. A comparative assessment Rainer Eising and Beate Kohler-Koch