This article develops the concept of “Functional Regulatory Space”(FRS) in order to analyze
the new forms of State action addressing (super) wicked problems. A FRS simultaneously …

During the last decade, the regions have emerged as 'new actors' in European
decisionmaking and policy implementation. The new role assumed by regional governments …

In this paper, the issue of the most efficient allocation of regulatory responsibilities among
the subnational, national, and European Community (EC) levels of government is …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to assess the emergence of New Public Management
in the governance of activation policies in nine European countries. In the light of …

The ability of sub national governments to “better spend”, by identifying relevant paths for
territorial competitiveness and effective delivery of public services, is largely enshrined in …

This paper investigates the first ever so-called 'macroregional strategy'developed under the
aegis of the European Commission: the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region …

The policy arrangements approach (PAA), as elucidated in the previous chapters, is mainly
an analytical tool. It helps to describe, understand and explain policy practices from a …

The article explores the effects of non-regulatory EC policies on policy development at
member state level. Taking EC regional policy and a recent reform of German regional …

Policymaking within and among states is under pressure for change. One feature of this
change is empirically observed as an activation of different network structures in the Baltic …

This paper discusses definitions that have been developed and used in the study of
polycentric governance. It offers conceptual refinements with the aim of reducing fuzziness …