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1 Jiirgen R. Grote/Bernard Gbikpi (eds) A 2002/8999 participatory Governance. Political and Societal Implications Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2002

2 Table of Contents Seite Tables and Figures 9 Contributors 11 Preface 13 Introduction 1. From Democratic Government to Participatory Governance {Bernard Gbikpi and Jiirgen R. Grote) Introduction Democratic government Governance Participatory governance Participatory governance at work The territorial dimension Sectors and policy domains References ; 34 Governance: Concepts 2. Contextualizing Normative Standards for Legitimate Governance beyond the State (Klaus Dieter Wolf) Introduction Governance beyond the state as functional self-regulation The normative dimensions of governance beyond the state Conclusion References Participation in Governance Arrangements: Is there any Reason to Expect it will Achieve "Sustainable and Innovative Policies in a Multilevel Context"? (Philippe C. Schmitter) Three principle concepts Three (explicitly) political elements The principles for the chartering of EGAs Four principles for the composition of EGAs Eight principles for the decision-rules of EGAs 65 5

3 3.6. Five principles for the substance of EGAs Concluding with some caveats References Governance: A Social-Political Perspective (Jan Kooiman) Introduction The governance scene An interactive governance perspective Elements of governing Modes of governance Orders of governing and governance References Civic Perspectives on a Democratic Transformation of the EU (Hubert Heinelt) Introduction The civic sector and regime composition of political systems The general structure of the EU regime composition and civic democratization Perspectives on the development of a political order of the EU References 118 Governance: Institutions 6. The European Commission: Promoting EU Governance (Brigid Laffan) Introduction The Commission as an institution: The dominance of networks Generating policy and legislative proposals Implementing and managing policies Reform The Commission and participatory governance Conclusion References The Effects of European Integration on National Forms of Governance: Reconstructing Practices and Reconceptualizing Democracy (Vivian A. Schmidt) Introduction EU governance and its differential impact on Member-States Institutional change, ideas, and discourse France 151

4 7.5. Britain r Germany Conclusion References Regions in Multilevel Governance Arrangements: Leadership versus Partnership (Michele Knodt) Introduction The EU as an interactive and communicative system of multilevel governance The impact of European core concepts and institutional change Conceptional presence and heterogeneous structure Conceptional spill-over and complementary structure Regional capacity to interact Managing European differences through leadership and participation References 194 Governance: Sectors and Domains 9. Democratising Expertise (Claudio Radaelli) Introduction Experts or expertise? What is the nub of the problem? The trade-offs of the democratisation of expertise What does empirical research show? The real issue: The institutional design _ Conclusion ' References Environmental Governance: From Innovation to Powerlessness (Jacques Theys) Introduction Governance, governability or governmentality? ^ Democratic governance as a solution for new environmental challenges The pessimism of ungovernability Towards a cognitive democracy References 243

5 11. Private Actors in Political Governance: Regulating the Information and Communication Sectors (Volker Schneider) Introduction Governance: From systemic regulation to institutional cybernetics Private and public contributions to political governance Governing the information and communication sectors Internal viability and economic regulation Control of technical risks and negative externalities Private participation and democratic principles References 263 Conclusion 12. Participation and Meta-Governance: The White Paper of the EU Commission {Jiirgen R. Grote and Bernard Gbikpi) Introduction Designing the White Paper: On Virtues and Risks of Participatory Policy-Making Governance, Meta-Governance, and Governance Failure References 274