This symposium demonstrates the potential for throughput legitimacy as a concept for
shedding empirical light on the strengths and weaknesses of multi‐level governance, as …

Is collaborative governance 'democracy-enhancing'and does it generate legitimacy?
Drawing from the literatures on administrative burden and policy feedback and a positive …

After two decades of research on throughput legitimacy, making sense of the stock of
accumulated knowledge remains a challenge. How can relevant publications on throughput …

Homelessness is not a historical accident. We know that it is the disastrous outcome of
policy decisions made over time and at several levels of government. Yet conventional …

Nowadays in public administration theory it is recognized that complex decision-making
takes place within interdependent sets of actors (eg Marsh and Rhodes 1992; Pierre 2000; …

In recent years, policy-makers and researchers have identified regional development
agencies as the most suitable actors to carry out public tasks. One of these tasks has been …

xiv Preface research. Some contributions reflect the thematic and geographical foci of the
involved researchers and the doctoral theses that emerged within the context of the EDGE …

Are the interest groups (IGs) that constitute European umbrella organizations capable of
cooperating in a way that contributes to the throughput legitimacy of the EU? To answer this …

Abstract In Canada's Yukon Territory, a legislative committee was tasked with assessing the
risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing. The committee designed an extensive participatory …

Considering whether theories of governance are useful for helping policymakers to meet
and tackle contemporary challenges, this insightful book reflects on how a theory becomes …