Participatory Governance in Multi-Level Context

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-16

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2. Introduction

   1. Achieving Sustainable and Innovative Policies through Participatory Governance in a Multi-level Context

      • Hubert Heinelt

      Pages 17-32

3. The Theoretical Debate

   1. Governance and Meta-governance in the Face of Complexity: On the Roles of Requisite Variety, Reflexive Observation, and Romantic Irony in Participatory Governance

      • Bob Jessop

      Pages 33-58

   2. The Normative Desirability of Participatory Governance

      • Rainer Schmalz-Bruns

      Pages 59-74

   3. Participatory Governance and Urban Citizenship

      • Roland Roth

      Pages 75-82

   4. Technological Governance — Technological Citizeship?

      • Thomas Saretzki

      Pages 83-105

4. The Empirical Arena

   1. Sustainability and Policy Innovation in a Multi-Level Context: Crosscutting Issues in the Water Sector

      • Erik Swyngedouw, Ben Page, Maria Kaïka

      Pages 107-131

   2. EMAS: An Instrument for Realising Sustainable Innovations? Messages from Empirical Research

      • Britta Meinke

      Pages 133-153

5. Conclusion

   1. Empirical Evidence and Comparative Analysis of Policy-Making in the Pursuit of Innovation and Sustainability

      • Panos Getimis, Grigoris Kafkalas

      Pages 155-171

Angela Liberatore Governance shifted from a concept used by a few specialists to one quite widely (while surely not universally) used in policy making circles and pub­ lic debate. This does not mean that the interpretation of the concept is in the meantime uncontested or obvious. Analytical and policy debate is at times quite heated on whether "governance" means "privatisation of government" or rather involvement of various actors at various levels in policy making without 'dismantling' the role of public authorities. Therefore, a better un­ derstanding is needed of what "governance" actually means, why and how governance arrangements and actors in Europe are changing, and what are the implications of such changes -for instance in terms of democracy and le­ gitimacy. Such understanding is especially needed in the specific context of the challenges to European policy making and institutions posed by the struc­ tural changes in the European society and economy, the ongoing enlargement of the European Union, and the new global context. The analytical and policy need to better understand governance is ac­ knowledged and taken care of in a number of national and international re­ search initiatives, and is part of a collective European endeavour. Research on "governance and citizenship" started being undertaken in European Community research programmes within the Key Action "Improving the socio-economic knowledge base" of the 5'h Framework Research Programme and will be further supported in the 6'h Framework Programme, under the priority on "Citizens and governance in the knowledge-based society".

• European Union (EU)
• Governance
• Institution
• democracy
• economy
• policy

Hubert Heinelt, Professor of Political Science, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany; Panagiotis Getimis, Professor at the department of Economics and Regional Development and Human Resources, Panteion University, Athens, Greece; Grigoris Kafkalas, Professor of Spatial Planning, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Randall Smith, Senior Research Fellow, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK; Erik Swyngedouw, University Reader in Economic Geography and Fellow, St. Peter's College, Oxford University, UK.

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