This article challenges the methodological nationalism of the convergence debate by arguing that multilevel governance … interests across all relevant regulatory subspheres. This assumption is not tenable in systems of multilevel governance. Three … features of multilevel governance diminish the scope for a uniform social bloc to ensure a tight coupling of complementary …

, overlooked dimension, namely the feasibility, or "implementability", of governance reforms. Like national technocracies, the EU … economic governance: rule-based wage coordination, contractual arrangements for reforms, and a stabilisation fund for the Euro … reasoned approach to reforming EU governance. Beyond the predictable clash of economic rationales and political hurdles, reform …

has focused on the missing democratic dimension behind recent governance reforms, and the lack of compensating output …, governance needs to accommodate the diversity of expectations and situations of euro countries. The paper then assesses the way … governance works in practice by analysing the interaction between the EU and national democracies on three similar cases: the …

The research paper assesses the opportunities and challenges raised by the post-crisis EU governance system with regard … and environmental responsibility. It begins with questioning the term of "governance" and with a hint at the "multi …-level governance" literature available in EU studies. This section suggests that the EU's nature is one of multiple and innovative …

analyses the increasing contractual approach to EU governance, and argues that a stronger sense of reciprocity could arise from …

slowdown demonstrate. We analyse the progress that is underway in the current budgetary governance framework in the EU … Bonds, the European Financial Stability Facility, Euro+ Pact and Europe 2020. This paper surveys supranational governance in … the EU, and the coordination of national policies, including concepts of fiscal federalism, multi-level governance and …