“The Evolution and Transformation of European Governance”

Kohler-Koch, Beate. (1999) “The Evolution and Transformation of European Governance”. In: UNSPECIFIED, Pittsburgh, PA. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The European Community (EC) is governed without government and, therefore, it is bound to be governed in a particular way. In addition, EC governance is penetrating into the political life of member states and its particular mode of governing may disseminate across national borders. These, in a nutshell, are the two hypotheses that will be tested. The first is that Europe’s supranational Community functions according to a logic different from that of the representative democracies of its member states. Its purpose and institutional architecture are distinctive, promoting a particular mode of governance. The second is that the process of ‘Europeanisation,’ that is extending the boundaries of the relevant political space beyond the member states, will contribute to a change of governance at national and sub-national levels. Being a member of the EU is concomitant with the interpenetrating of systems of governance; any polity which is part of such a ‘penetrated system’ is bound to change in terms of established patterns of governing.

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