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OverviewHaving realised that its traditional mode of coordinating--essentially issuing regulation--no longer commands sufficient political support, the European Union (EU) has turned to what are increasingly referred to as 'new' modes of governance, which rely upon different actors working together in relatively non-hierarchical networks. This book provides the first extended account of how effective they are at addressing 'wicked' policy problems which simultaneously demand greater levels of horizontal and vertical coordination. Taking, as an example, the thirty year struggle to integrate environmental thinking into all areas and levels of EU policy making, it offers a stark reminder that networked governance is not and is unlikely ever to be a panacea. In doing so, it strips away some of the rhetorical claims made about the novelty and appeal of 'new' modes, to reveal a much more sober and realistic appraisal of their coordinating potential. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Jordan (Reader in Environmental Politics and Philip Leverhulme Prize Fellow, University of East Anglia) , Adriaan Schout (Associate Professor, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.518kg ISBN: 9780199548484ISBN 10: 019954848 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 02 October 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Political Ambitions and Coordination Capacities: The management of horizontal and vertical interdependence 2: Multilevel Coordination Capacities 3: Environmental Policy Integration at EU Level: A catalogue of coordinating capacities 4: The Coordination of European Union Policy: Actor perspectives 5: Environmental Policy Integration: Actor perspectives 6: Germany: A reactive and passive coordinator? 7: The Netherlands: From event to issue coordination? 8: The United Kingdom: Strong administration but weak political ambitions? 9: The European Commission: An organization in transition? 10: The European Parliament: A partially disengaged partner? 11: The Coordination of the European Union: Understanding the capacities of networked governanceReviewsAn extremely valuable [and]... a path-breaking book that highlights the coordination problems raised by networked governance [with] a valuable analytical framework for exploring coordination under such conditions. --American EU Studies Review<br> [A] seminal study on the coordination of networked governance... [which] contributes greatly to the burgeoning literature on... governance in the EU. --Political Studies Review<br> [Provides] a detailed and innovative tool that can be used to analyse...'wicked' problems... a nice example of assembling a plethora of qualitative data into a well-structured and therefore comprehensible account. --Journal of Commom Market Studies<br> Among the deluge of books that appear each year on the study of European integration, Andrew Jordan and Adriaan Schout have managed to produce that rare book which is both intellectually challenging and accessible to read... [A] clearly written and authoritative study that will appeal to a wide audience. --Environment and Planning<br> Reformers in pursuit of the holy grail of coordination would do well to heed Andrew Jordan and Adriaan Schout's careful analysis. They document not only the pros and cons of centralised solutions but also the limits to the present-day fashion for networked solutions. Governments are told to 'keep it simple', to mix coordinating strategies and to understand what they cannot do; otherwise we are doomed to recurrent policy messes. For all our sakes, I hope someone will listen this time. --Rod Rhodes, Professor of Political Science and Head of Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University<br> The authors have written a thought-provoking and stimulatingbook. By taking a hard-headed look at the issue of policy coordination as it relates to governance, they have illuminated key dilemmas in how ambitious initiatives such as environmental policy integration can be put into practice. Their discussion of networked forms of governance makes a real contribution to the literature. Theory is integrated with practical questions of administration in such a clear fashion that both practitioners and academics will find this volume both relevant and engaging. --Desmond Dinan, School of Public Policy, George Mason University<br> Author InformationDr. Andrew Jordan is Reader in Environmental Politics and Philip Leverhulme Prize Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is a Manager of the ESRC Programme on Environmental Decision-making (PEDM) in the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment's (CSERGE). He has edited the international journal Environment and Planning C (Government and Policy) since 1998, and published over a hundred peer reviewed papers and chapters, as well as eight books on different aspects of contemporary environmental policy and politics. Dr Adriaan Schout works as Senior Researcher for the Clingendael European Studies Programme in the Hague (Netherlands) and as Associate Professor at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (Netherlands). He has extensively studied the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, European agencies, EU governance and the multilevel coordination of EU policies. His research has involved organizational analyses of national ministries, the Commission and the European Parliament as well as several European Agencies. He has worked for a number of different clients, including national and EU institutions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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