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Seminar “Modes of Governance” Prof. Dr. W. Wessels / Dr. des. G. Umbach 2 nd Session, April 17 th 2007

Seminar “Modes of Governance” Prof. Dr. W. Wessels / Dr. des. G. Umbach 2 nd Session, April 17 th 2007. © Gaby Umbach 2007. Topics of the 2 nd session Governance Modes of Governance (MoG) Examples of Diversity of MoG in one Single Policy Area. © Gaby Umbach 2007.

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Seminar “Modes of Governance” Prof. Dr. W. Wessels / Dr. des. G. Umbach 2 nd Session, April 17 th 2007

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  1. Seminar“Modes of Governance” Prof. Dr. W. Wessels / Dr. des. G. Umbach 2nd Session, April 17th 2007 © Gaby Umbach 2007

  2. Topics of the 2nd session • Governance • Modes of Governance (MoG) • Examples of Diversity of MoG in one Single Policy Area © Gaby Umbach 2007

  3. “The EU is already the most complex polity ever created by human artifice and it is going to become even more so before it reaches its end-state – whatever that will be” Schmitter, Philippe C. (2004): Neo-Neofunctionalism, in: Wiener, Antje / Diez, Thomas (Eds.): European Integration Theory, Oxford, pp. 45-74, p. 69. © Gaby Umbach 2007

  4. Governance • Antipode to ‘government’ and hierarchical steering • New form of ‘governance’ beyond the concept of ‘government’ within nation states • Diminution of national sovereignty through integration • Turn away from traditional instruments of state intervention • Expansion of the range of relevant actors © Gaby Umbach 2007

  5. European Multilevel Governance (I) • Shift to analysis of EU as governance system • Division of competences between EU and its member states • Interweavement/Interdependence of political interaction btw. different EU levels and actors • Non-hierarchical, co-operative decision-making incl. non-governmental actors in policy networks © Gaby Umbach 2007

  6. European Multilevel Governance (II) • Combination of supranational and intergovern- mental elements • System of multilayered policy-making • Multiplication of access points to political process • Extended number of relevant state and non- state actors • New modes of political interaction, co- ordination, negotiation across different levels © Gaby Umbach 2007

  7. Modes of Governance • ‘Community Method’ • Intergovernmental Approach • Framework Legislation / Decisions • Soft Law • Policy Co-ordination • (New) Cross-Cutting Principles of EMLG © Gaby Umbach 2007

  8. Examples of Diversity of MoG in one Single Policy Area • Environmental Policy: • Command-and-control Approach • Soft Law • Voluntary Accords/Private Self-regulation • Regulated Self-regulation • Co-Regulation © Gaby Umbach 2007

  9. Options for MoG analysis within the Seminar • Economic Governance (Broad Economic Policy Guidelines) • Employment Policy (European Employment Strategy) • Fiscal Surveillance (Stability and Growth Pact) • Environmental Policy • Common Foreign and Security Policy • Justice and Home Affairs • Single MarketOthers: • Healthcare • Asylum/Immigration Policy • Social inclusion • Sustainable Development • Taxation © Gaby Umbach 2007

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