Multi-level Governance

Matthew Flinders was awarded the Political Studies Association's Richard Rose Prize 2004. Judges' Citation'Dr Flinders has focussed on a set of topics of central relevance to British Government and politics: the institutions and mechanisms of accountability and responsibility. In doing so he has addressed an interesting and important question in a fresh way. He has combined a strong sense of the historical evolution of the conventions of British government since the mid-nineteenth century; shown how the contemporary practice of British government has diverged from the assumptions underlying these now obsolete conventions; and identified multiple mechanisms that have been invoked in attempts to fill the gap left by parliamentary non-accountability. Flinders' publications show the ability to use relevant concepts to clarify and organize information without losing sight of ambiguities and complexities.'

Bache and Flinders have assembled a valuable booka very good and coherently edited stocktaking of the multi-level governance literature.

• 1. Themes and Issues in Multi-level Governance ; PART 1: THEORY ; 2. Contrasting Visions of Multi-level Governance ; 3. Strong Demand, Huge Supply: Governance in an Emerging Epoch ; 4. Multi-level Governance and Multi-level Metagovernance ; 5. Multi-level Governance and Democracy: A Faustian Bargain? ; PART 2: LEVELS ; 6. Multi-level Governance and British Politics ; 7. Multi-level Governance and the European Union ; 8. Multi-level Governance and International Relations ; PART 3: SECTORS ; 9. Multi-level Governance and Environmental Policy ; 10. Multi-level Governance and European Union Regional Policy ; 11. Multi-level Governance and Economic Policy ; 12. Mulit-level Governance: Conclusions and Implications