Polycentricity in the European Union

342 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Supranational governance is being challenged by politicians and citizens around the EU as over-centralized and undemocratic. This book is premised on the idea that polycentric governance, developed by Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, is a fruitful place to start for addressing this challenge. Assessing the presence of, and potential for, polycentric governance within the EU means approaching established principles and practices from a new perspective. While the debate on these issues is rich, longstanding and interdisciplinary, it has proven difficult to sidestep the 'renationalisation/federalisation' dichotomy. The aim of this volume is not to reject the EU's institutional structure but provide a different benchmark for the assessment of its functioning. Polycentric theory highlights the importance of multilevel horizontal relationships within the EU - between states, but also between many sub-state actors, all the way down to individuals. This helps us answer the question: how do we achieve self-governance in an interdependent world?

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Institutionen / zwischenstaatliche Organisationen
• ISBN: 9781108437653
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.10.2026
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Ana Bobic, Josephine van Zeben