Multi-Level Governance: Underplayed Features, Overblown Expectation and Missing Linkages

• Published in: Multi-Level Governance Vol. 4; pp. 321 - 342
• Main Author: Piattoni, Simona
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2015; Emerald Publishing Limited
• Subjects: Politics; Public administration; Public Policy & Environmental Management; transnational democracy; multi-level governance; MLG theory; MLG narratives; societal mobilization; Policymaking

Abstract Purpose This chapter attempts to answer some of the questions raised in this volume, in particular: (1) provide a concise but precise definition of multi-level governance; (2) prove that it is a theoretical and not just a descriptive concept and (3) dispel some of the misconceptions associa...