Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.

This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations.

Leading experts from a range of disciplines explore key questions of multilevel governance pertaining to institutions and institutional dynamics, power relationships and the division of power, as well as policymaking and policy change. Chapters engage with a broad range of policy areas, including digitization, security, climate change and redistributive policies, addressing key multilevel governance issues and dilemmas in coordination, intergovernmental relations, democracy and the transformation of political authority. In an era demarcated by major transformative challenges, this Research Agenda represents an essential reading for students, academics and policy practitioners interested in public policy, comparative politics and intergovernmental or international relations.

Offering a state-of-the-art agenda for future research, this book is crucial reading for researchers and graduate students in political science, public administration and federal studies. Its practical insights into contemporary policymaking will also benefit practitioners interested in multilevel governance policy.

About the Author
Edited by Arthur Benz, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Politics and German Government, Institute for Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, Joerg Broschek, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier2) in Comparative Federalism and Multilevel Governance, Department of Political Science and Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada and Markus Lederer, Professor of International Relations, Institute for Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Reviews
'In an age of complexity, change and turbulence, A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance provides conceptual clarity and fresh perspectives . . . it redefines the state-of-the-art when it comes to understanding contemporary governance.' -- Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield, UK



Book Information
ISBN 9781789908367
Author Arthur Benz
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd