Hubert Heinelt is currently professor for public administration/public policy and urban studies at the Institute of Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology. His current research focuses on European integration, EU cohesion policy and on urban studies, as well as on issues of participatory governance.

• 1. Introduction 2. Starting Points and Key Conceptual Considerations 3. Different Sectors of Interest Intermediation and their 'Composition' in Political Systems 4. Achieving Governability: The Case of the EU Structural Funds and EU Environment Policy 5. Reforms and Reform Perspectives of Governance-Arrangements and the Difference of Opinions between 'Discourse Communities' 6. Multi-Level Systems and Flexible Power Geometry 7. Conclusions/Perspectives. References

Hubert Heinelt is currently professor for public administration/public policy and urban studies at the Institute of Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology. His current research focuses on European integration, EU cohesion policy and on urban studies, as well as on issues of participatory governance.

• 1. Introduction 2. Starting Points and Key Conceptual Considerations 3. Different Sectors of Interest Intermediation and their 'Composition' in Political Systems 4. Achieving Governability: The Case of the EU Structural Funds and EU Environment Policy 5. Reforms and Reform Perspectives of Governance-Arrangements and the Difference of Opinions between 'Discourse Communities' 6. Multi-Level Systems and Flexible Power Geometry 7. Conclusions/Perspectives. References

Hubert Heinelt is currently professor for public administration/public policy and urban studies at the Institute of Political Science at Darmstadt University of Technology. His current research focuses on European integration, EU cohesion policy and on urban studies, as well as on issues of participatory governance.

• 1. Introduction 2. Starting Points and Key Conceptual Considerations 3. Different Sectors of Interest Intermediation and their 'Composition' in Political Systems 4. Achieving Governability: The Case of the EU Structural Funds and EU Environment Policy 5. Reforms and Reform Perspectives of Governance-Arrangements and the Difference of Opinions between 'Discourse Communities' 6. Multi-Level Systems and Flexible Power Geometry 7. Conclusions/Perspectives. References