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Subject(s)

• Legal polycentricity—European Union countries [Browse]
• Conflict of laws—European Union countries [Browse]
• International and municipal law—European Union countries [Browse]
• Legitimacy of governments—European Union countries [Browse]

Editor

• Zeben, Josephine A. W. van, 1984- [Browse]
• Bobić, Ana, 1987- [Browse]

Summary note

"Supranational governance is being challenged by politicians and citizens around the EU as over-centralised 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?"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781108423540 ((hardback))
• 110842354X ((hardback))

LCCN

2019002559

OCLC

1052863849

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