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Propositions About Governance in the EU

Propositions About Governance in the EU. A System Like Any Others?. So Much Writing About the Sui Generis Nature. But in some Ways not so Unique Federalism Institutional Complexity Multiple Points of Access Americans have an Advantage.

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Propositions About Governance in the EU

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  1. Propositions About Governance in the EU

  2. A System Like Any Others? • So Much Writing About the Sui Generis Nature. • But in some Ways not so Unique Federalism Institutional Complexity Multiple Points of Access Americans have an Advantage

  3. But, a Complex GovernanceProcess • Multiple Actors Formal Informal • Multiple Dimension of Division Country Party Expertise • Multiple Dimensions Integration Autonomy

  4. Governance, Again • Basic Idea of Steering • Largely Functionalist Explanation • Posits Functions Goal-Setting Goal Coherence Program Design and Legitimation Implementation Evaluation and Feedback • Then Ask Who and Where • Also the Accumulation of that Activity

  5. Series of Propositions • Some Truth in Each • Some Questionable Elements in Each • But Can Be Used as a Means of Understanding

  6. Multi-Level Governance • For Many of Us, a Big Yawn • But Does Point to Something Important • Not Just EU Governance • Part of Generalized Complexity • Coordination Issues as Well as Implementation Issues

  7. MLG, 2Implementation • May Be Seen Simply as An Implementation Issue • Most Implementation is ML • But the European Experience Brings Additional Dimensions, or At Least More Obvious • Transposition • National Interests, Values

  8. MLG, Implementation 2 • The Familiar Scharpf Argument • The Ability to Make Decisions • Quality of Decisions • Garbage Can Model

  9. MLG 3, Horizontal Dimension • Vertical Dimension Discussed Primarily • But Horizontal Connections at Each Level • Adds New Dimension to MLG • The Groups Can Serve as a Means of Coordination

  10. MLG 3Democracy • Assumption that Lower Levels are More Democratic • At a Minimum More Options for the People

  11. MLG, 4Democracy?? • Need to Shape the Agenda • Garbage Can, Mark II • A Faustian Bargain?

  12. Governance andOutput Legitimation • Usually Think of Input Legitimation • Harder in EU Because of Indirect Nature • The Usual “Democratic Deficit” • Therefore Crucial to Provide the Goods

  13. But Hard for EU • The Most Important Policies are Still Largely National • The Bureaucratic Nature Makes it Hard • Paradoxically also the Indirect Nature • Easy Scapegoat

  14. European Governance Remains Undemocratic • Again, A Stereotype • But Also a Reality

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