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A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance

9781789908367 Edward Elgar Publishing

Edited by Arthur Benz, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Politics and German Government, Institute for Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Jörg Broschek, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier2) in Comparative Federalism and Multilevel Governance, Department of Political Science and Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada and Markus Lederer, Professor of International Relations, Institute for Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Publication Date: 2021 ISBN: 978 1 78990 836 7 Extent: 320 pp

This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations.

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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.

This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations.

Leading experts from a range of disciplines explore key questions of multilevel governance pertaining to institutions and institutional dynamics, power relationships and the division of power, as well as policymaking and policy change. Chapters engage with a broad range of policy areas, including digitization, security, climate change and redistributive policies, addressing key multilevel governance issues and dilemmas in coordination, intergovernmental relations, democracy and the transformation of political authority.

In an era demarcated by major transformative challenges, this Research Agenda represents an essential reading for students, academics and policy practitioners interested in public policy, comparative politics and intergovernmental or international relations. Its practical insights into contemporary policymaking will also benefit practitioners interested in multilevel governance policy.

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‘In an age of complexity, change and turbulence, A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance provides conceptual clarity and fresh perspectives . . . it redefines the state-of-the-art when it comes to understanding contemporary governance.’
– Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield, UK

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Contributors: Katrin Auel, Arthur Benz, Tanja A. Börzel, Michael G. Breen, Jörg Broschek, Mark Dawson, Adam Harmes, Liesbet Hooghe, Achim Hurrelmann, Markus Lederer, Gary Marks, Janne Mende, Jeffery Roy, Ursula Schröder, Michaël Tatham, Anya Thomas, Jarle Trondal, Debora Van Nijnatten

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Contents:

Introduction: What is Multilevel Governance?
Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer

PART I: STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS
1 Multilevel Governance and the Coordination Dilemma
Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks
2 Democratizing Multilevel Governance
Achim Hurrelmann
3 Administrative Structures of Multilevel Governance
Jarle Trondal
4 The Role of Law in Multilevel Governance: Four Conceptualizations
Mark Dawson
5 Digitalization and Multilevel Governance
Jeffery Roy

PART II: ACTORS AND POWER
6 Regional and Global Multilevel Governance Between and Beyond States
Tanja A. Börzel
7 Parliament and Parties in Multilevel Governance
Katrin Auel
8 Regions and Cities in Multilevel Governance
Michaël Tatham
9 Private Actors, NGOs and Civil Society in Multilevel Governance
Janne Mende
10 National Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Multilevel Governance
Michael G. Breen and Anya Thomas

PART III: ISSUES, CONFLICTS AND POLICYMAKING
11 The Multilevel Governance of Security
Ursula Schröder
12 Multilevel Governance, Economic Disparities and Redistributive Policies
Adam Harmes
13 From Sustainability to Resilience: Multilevel Governance as Adaptive Governance
Debora Van Nijnatten
14 Designing, Reforming or Adapting? Multilevel Governance and Institutional Change
Arthur Benz and Jörg Broschek

Conclusion: A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance
Arthur Benz, Jörg Broschek and Markus Lederer

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