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Notes toward a theory of multilevel governing in Europe

Anmerkungen zu einer Theorie der europäischen Mehrebenenpolitik
[working paper]

Scharpf, Fritz W.

Corporate Editor
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung

Abstract

"Die Komplexität der europäischen Mehrebenpolitik kann durch die auf Einebenen-Interaktionen zugeschnittenenen "intergouvernementalen" oder "supranationalen" Ansätze nicht adäquat repräsentiert werden. Die empirische Forschung betont deshalb entweder die Einzigartigkeit ihres Gegenstandes oder sie e... view more

"Die Komplexität der europäischen Mehrebenpolitik kann durch die auf Einebenen-Interaktionen zugeschnittenenen "intergouvernementalen" oder "supranationalen" Ansätze nicht adäquat repräsentiert werden. Die empirische Forschung betont deshalb entweder die Einzigartigkeit ihres Gegenstandes oder sie erfindet neuartige Begriffe, die jedoch selbst in der Europaforschung umstritten bleiben und diese überdies von der theoretischen Diskussion in den Internationalen Beziehungen und der Vergleichenden Politikforschung isolieren. Diese Schwierigkeiten werden fortdauern, solange man versucht, die komplexe Realität der europäischen Politik jeweils im Ganzen durch holistische Begriffe zu erfassen. Die unergiebigige Konkurrenz zwischen umstrittenen Generalkonzepten könnte jedoch durch eine Mehrheit einfacherer und komplementärer Begriffe überwunden werden, die jeweils bestimmte Typen von Mehrebenen-Interaktionen bezeichnen - und die deshalb auch außerhalb der Europaforschung angewandt und überprüft werden können. Der vorliegende Vortragstext beschreibt vier solcher Typen - wechselseitige Anpassung, intergouvernementale Verhandlungen, Politikverflechtung und hierarchische Steuerung - und erörtert ihre charakteristischen Eigenschaften mit Bezug auf die Kriterien der Problemlösungsfähigkeit und der institutionellen Legitimität." [Autorenreferat]... view less


"The complexity of the multi-level European polity is not adequately represented by the single-level theoretical concepts of competing "intergovernmentalist" and "supranationalist" approaches. By contrast, empirical research focusing on multilevel interactions tends either to emphasize the uniquenes... view more

"The complexity of the multi-level European polity is not adequately represented by the single-level theoretical concepts of competing "intergovernmentalist" and "supranationalist" approaches. By contrast, empirical research focusing on multilevel interactions tends either to emphasize the uniqueness of its objects, or to create novel concepts - which are likely to remain contested even among Europeanists and have the effect of isolating European studies from the political-science mainstream in International Relations and Comparative Politics. These difficulties are bound to continue as long as researchers keep proposing holistic concepts that claim to represent the complex reality of the European polity as a whole. It is suggested that the present competition among poorly fitting and contested generalizations could be overcome if European studies made use of a plurality of simpler and complementary concepts, each of which is meant to represent the specific characteristics of certain subsets of multi-level interactions - which could also be applied and tested in other fields of political-science research. The paper goes on to describe four distinct modes of multi-level interaction in the European polity - "mutual adjustment", "intergovernmental negotiations", "joint-decision making", and "hierarchical direction" - and to discuss their characteristics by reference to the criteria of problem-solving capacity and institutional legitimacy." [author's abstract]... view less

Keywords
Europe; EU; international relations; international politics; politics; interconnection; multi-level system

Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
European Politics

Method
basic research

Document language
English

Publication Year
2000

City
Köln

Page/Pages
32 p.

Series
MPIfG Discussion Paper, 5

Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43294

ISSN
1864-4325

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

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