Edited by Thomas Christiansen, Professor of Political Science and European Integration, Department of Political Science, Luiss Università Guido Carli, Italy and Christine Neuhold, Associate Professor of European Governance, Department of Political Science, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

’This volume provides a welcome overview of the diverse ways in which informal practices and norms shape policy in national states, the European Union, and international relations. The wide range of cases that feature in the volume point to the normative and substantive importance of informality. This volume is a valuable contribution to a fascinating and under-researched topic.’

• Contents:Preface1. Introduction Thomas Christiansen and Christine NeuholdPART I: THEORETICAL AND NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON INFORMAL GOVERNANCE2. Formal Institutions and Informal Institutional Arrangements Michael Brie and Erhard Stölting3. Informal Governance and Democratic Theory Hans-Joachim Lauth4. Informal Politics: The Normative Challenge Christine Reh5. Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda Gretchen Helmke and Steven LevitskyPART II: THE PRACTICE OF INFORMAL GOVERNANCE ACROSS THE GLOBE6. Informal Governance in the United States: Capitol Hill Networks Roberta Haar7. Subversive Institutions and Informal Governance in Contemporary Russia Vladimir Gel’man8. On Informal Politics in East Asia Lowell Dittmer9. Un-civil Society: The Politics of the ‘Informal People’ Asef Bayat10. Clientelism, Corruption and Political Cartels: Informal Governance in Southern EuropeJonathan HopkinPART III: INFORMAL GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS11. Informal Governance in International Relations Thomas Conzelmann12. Informal Governance at the United Nations Courtney B. Smith13. Informal Governance and the G8 Sieglinde Gstöhl14. Evolving Trade Governance on the Formal–Informal Spectrum: The Case of the World Trade OrganizationAmrita Narlikar15. Non-state Actors and Global Informal Governance: The Case of ICANN Jonathan Weinberg16. Business as Usual? Informal EU Governance and Alternative Methods of Policy-makingOtto HolmanPART IV: INFORMAL GOVERNANCE AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS 17. Formal and Informal Institutions in the EU’s Legislative Process Adrienne Héritier18. The European Parliament as a Driving Force in Informal Institution-building: The Hard Case of the EP’s Relation with the High Representative for the CFSPBen Crum19. Informal Governance and the Decision-making of the Council of Ministers Dorothee Heisenberg20. Informal Governance in the EU: The European Commission versus the European ParliamentJeffrey Stacey21. Informal Governance and the Rome Treaties Thomas GijswijtPART V: INFORMAL GOVERNANCE WITHIN DIFFERENCE POLICY DOMAINS22. Informal Governance and Networks in EU Foreign Policy Arnout Justaert and Stephan Keukeleire23. Financial Services Regulation and Informal Governance Alan Hardacre24. Informal Governance of Emerging Technologies in AfricaMatthew Harsh25. European Economic and Monetary Policy-making through Informal Governance Uwe Puetter26. Informal Governance in Higher Education Reform: The Bologna Process in EuropePaul Furlong27. Informal European Asylum Governance in an International Context Maarten Vink and Claudia EngelmannIndex