Introduction: the problem-solving capacity of multi-level governance

• Published in: Journal of European public policy Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 520 - 538
• Main Author: Scharpf, Fritz W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.12.1997
• Subjects: Capitalist economy; Economic Integration; ECONOMICS; Europe; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; European Union; Governance; INTEGRATION; Intergovernmental organizations; Intergovernmentalism; Political systems; Problem solving; Public policy; Regulation; REGULATION & REGULATORY POLICY; Regulatory Competition

In the post-war decades, advanced capitalist economies have developed in symbiosis with democratic political systems with a high capacity for effective regulation and welfare-state compensations. As economic integration deepens globally and even more so within the European Community, national capaci...