Coping with power dispersion? Autonomy, co-ordination and control in multilevel systems

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6289801
AutoresMads Dagnis Jensen (0000-0002-4226-4114, University of Copenhagen), Christel Koop (0000-0002-7125-6439, King's College London), Michaël Tatham (0000-0002-8388-8193, University of Bergen)
Año2014
Volumen21
Número9
Páginas1237-1254
Fecha de publicación2014-10-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501763.2014.922861
OpenAlexW2088312359
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas40

The last decades have witnessed a significant shift in policy competences away from central governments in Europe. The reallocation of competences spans over three dimensions: upwards; sideways; and downwards. This collection takes the dispersion of powers as a starting point and seeks to assess how the actors involved cope with the new configurations. In this introduction, we discuss the conceptualization of power dispersion and highlight the ways in which the contributions add to this research agenda. We then outline some general conclusions and end by indicating future avenues of research. Taken together, the collection contributes some answers to the challenge of defining and measuring – in a comparative way – the control and co-ordination mechanisms which power dispersion generates. It also explores the tension between political actors' quest for autonomy and the acknowledgement of their interdependence whilst revealing how, as power dispersion deepens, central governments have sought to both manage and limit it

Acknowledgement · Autonomy · Conceptualization · Economics · Ordination · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Power (physics · Sociology · Computer Science · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Social Policy and Reform Studies