ABSTRACT
When applied to society, the polysemous term of governance can be roughly summarized by two main ideas: on the one hand, a growing interaction between different levels of decision-making, and on the other the enlargement of the panel of logics implied in attempts to steer society. This version of governance has been widely developed in relation to the European project and its evolutions. In particular, the specific coevolution and articulation of different levels of political decision-making in the European Union (EU) have catalyzed the use and development of this notion resulting in a plethora of academic research on the subject in terms of “network” or “multi-level governance.”
