A 'Babylonian' variety of policy network concepts and applications can be found in the literature. Neither is there a … the field of policy networks and to explore their usefulness in studying European policy-making and European governance … network approach has to, first, show that policy networks do not only exist but are relevant for policy process and policy …

-making is still a relevant governance mechanism in the European multi-level system. At the national level,a diversity of systems … (notably in social policy). It seems that corporatist governance still has a role to play, especially in the context of …

contends that, apart from the powerful constraint of macroeconomic governance, the main governance instrument has been hard law …

multi-level governance within member states and, if so, of what type(s), and through what processes. The empirical focus is …-level governance in the period of EU membership. The British case is analyzed in relation to developments across the EU. Thus, the main … purpose is to establish whether EU cohesion policy has promoted multi-level governance in Britain and other member states and …

democratic shortfall. The 2001 White Paper on Governance acknowledged that the line between expertise and political authority had …

biomedical research field, stem cell research. The resulting field delimitation and the citation network it induces are both …