This article first provides a selective overview of the literature on bureaucratic autonomy and
identifies different approaches to this topic. The second section discusses three major sets of …

The role of national legislatures in European integration first received serious attention in the
mid-1990s in connection with debates on the EU's democratic deficit. Since then, both …

We need new governance solutions to help us improve public policies and services, solve
complex societal problems, strengthen social communities and reinvigorate democracy. By …

This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European
level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. Europe's crisis of legitimacy …

This symposium demonstrates the potential for throughput legitimacy as a concept for
shedding empirical light on the strengths and weaknesses of multi‐level governance, as …

Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political
science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to …

Encouraged by the proliferation of governance networks and the growing demands for
public innovation, this article aims to advance “collaborative innovation” as a cross …

Scholars of the European Union have analyzed the EU's legitimacy mainly in terms of two
normative criteria: output effectiveness for the people and input participation by the people …

In response to the growing discrepancy between the steadily rising steering ambitions and
the increasing fragmentation of social and political life, governance networks are …

The public sector is far more dynamic and innovative than its reputation. Take, for instance,
the spectacular changes in health care, employment policy and environmental protection …