lecture 4 Flashcards
Does or democratic mechanisms work?
Not as they are meant to…
Namely via mandate theory & ‘simple’ checks and
balances
Why do the limits of the executive branch pose problems?
- Because they may make governance (very) difficult, maybe even impossible.
- The ‘networked’, neoliberal world reflects the problems inherent in democratic
systems > Which of course makes governance very complex
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What is multilevel governance?
Multilevel governance emerges when practitioners from
several levels of government share the task of making
regulations and forming policy, usually in conjunction
with relevant interest groups
What are practitioners?
People that not only have formal
jurisdiction/role, but also substantial involvement
What are several levels share?
‘higher’ does not mean ‘the boss”
What is policy?
The way of intervening (governance)
What are intrest groups?
Non-state actors participate in the
governance process too
What does multilevel governance look like?
does not sound like mandate theory, does it?
…More like street-level bureaucrats thinking for themselves…
What is a pro for multilevel governance?
Sharing governance formation with lots of others is useful:
everyone contributes their expertise and support
What is a con of multilevel governance?
Democratic control is difficult
What are arguments for centralisation? (discouraginging MLG)
efficiency and effectiveness
economies of scale
democracy through public control
equity
What are arguments for decentralisation?
efficiency and effectiveness
competition
democracy through closeness
Identity
What is a result of multi level goverance?
The limits of the excutive are amplified = Principal-agent problem occurs more and more!
What is the relation beweteen mulitlevel governance and internationalisation & neoliberalism?
The economic crisis of 2008 ushered in a period of financial
austerity [lecture 2!]. States have tended to download their
budgetary problems to lower levels by cutting support. This
has created new tensions between levels of government. It
has increased competitions between regions and cities, while
wealthier places have complained about transfers to poorer
ones.”
As economies were opened up, both within Europe and
globally, states became less able to steer the regional balance
of developmen
the existence of MLG is strongly related to the catch
of lecture 2: internationalisation & neoliberalism,
while demands & desires are also local
What does openness means?
no direction given’: firms can move and invest anywhere and tend to cluster in centres
What is the effect of opnness means?
- Difficult for poorer regions to
develop - Larger intra-country differences
What is the modern view of state apparatus? (the Government, the Administration, the Army, the Police, the Courts, the Prisons, etc)
> Nation-state
Separation of powers
Mandate theory & resulting governance
Why does the modern view of state apparatus not work?
Because of the limits of the executive in apparatus
- Which are evident from the practice of MLG
- & can be summarized as the principal-agent problem
central question? Can states/governments guarantee certain (morally) desired outcomes?
NO,
as effective ‘interventional’ power is at least partly
undermined from within the modern state system by the
principal-agent problem, evident in MLG
