The Coordination of the European Union: Exploring the Capacities of Networked GovernanceOxford University Press, 2008 - 311 pages This work is an assessment of the coordinating potential of 'new' modes of governance in the EU. It attempts to develop policy coordination as new focus within EU scholarship and to invigorate and substantially re-orientate the theoretical debate about policy networks in the EU. |
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