MARTIN MARCUSSEN is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Copenhagen University, Denmark. His books include Ideas and Elites: The Social Construction of Economic and Monetary Union (2000) and OECD and the Idea Game: Game Over? (2002). He is currently writing a book about the transnational central bank community. JACOB TORFING is Professor of Politics at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is currently working on discourse theory, welfare reforms and democratic network governance. His books include New Theories of Discourse (1999) and Politic

• Introduction: Democratic Network Governance; J.Torfing Democracy in Collaborative Spaces: Why Context Matters in Researching Governance Networks; C.Skelcher Oslo Inner City Districts: Network Failure in the Face of Policy Success; G.S.Hanssen & J.E.Klausen Airport Governance, Politics and Protest Networks; S.Griggs & D.Howarth Local Politicians and Administrators as Metagovernors; E.Sørensen Discursive Governance Networks in Danish Activation Policy; J.Torfing Young Business Leaders in France: Governance Through Values and Ideas; M.Zølner Interactive Governance in The Netherlands: The Case of the Scheldt Estuary; A.van Buuren , J.Edelenbos & E-H.Klijn The Danish Ministry of Finance as Metagovernor: The Case of Public Sector Digitalization; L.Jensen & H.Kähler The Evolution of a European Governance Network of Management Education; T.Hedmo & K.Sahlin-Andersson The Basel Committee as a Transnational Governance Network; M.Marcussen Governance Networks in the EU: The Case of GMO Policy; S.Borrás Network Management in the EU: The European Commission as Network Manager; A.Esmark Transcending Analytical Cliquishness with Second-Generation Governance Network Analysis; M.Marcussen & H.P.Olsen