European Governance New Model of Governance

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European Governance New Model of Governance?

• IPSA RC32 Conference
• Dubrovnik 2008

Marko Trnski University of Zagreb Faculty of
Political Science
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The Governance Approach in EU Studies

• Perspectives of European governance
• European integration process before 1990s
• New approach decision-making and implementation
  processes
• Public administration, comparative politics and
  policy analysis

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The Governance Approach in EU Studies

• True novelty of the governance approach within EU
  studies
• What kind of political order is the EU
• Double nature of EU

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Multilevel Governance and Europeanization

• Relationship between the EU level and the
  national/subnational levels
• Development of Multi level governance concept
• "Bypassing the state", EU as networked or
  differentiated polity
• Europeanization

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New Modes of Governance

• Instruments other than legislation
• Their self-regulatory and voluntary nature
• Issue of effectiveness and problem-solving
  capacity

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The Democratic Governance of the EU

• Problem of democratic deficit
• Role of European Parliament
• Participatory theory of democracy
• Openness, transparency, and accountability

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European Economic Governance

• Economic dimension of the European integration
  project
• Single market project
• EURO

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