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European Public Administration as a Multilevel Administration: A Conceptual Framework

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The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System

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According to the traditional view, public administration operates in a clearly demarcated jurisdiction, defined by functional responsibilities and territorial boundaries. In line with this view, the system of administration evolving in modern states has been characterized by a hierarchy of higher and lower levels and a division of power among administrative territories and among policy domains. Actually, administrative policy making cuts across these boundaries. Processes of interjurisdictional coordination are essential in the practice of administration. This reality is adequately captured by the concept of administrative governance (Benz, 2006).

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  1. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    Arthur Benz (Professor of Comparative Politics and German Government)

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  1. German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Germany

    Michael W. Bauer (Jean Monnet Professor and Chair of Comparative Public Administration and Policy Analysis) (Jean Monnet Professor and Chair of Comparative Public Administration and Policy Analysis)

  2. Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder, Norway

    Jarle Trondal (Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Professor of European Studies) (Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Professor of European Studies)

  3. ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway

    Jarle Trondal (Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Professor of European Studies) (Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Professor of European Studies)

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Benz, A. (2015). European Public Administration as a Multilevel Administration: A Conceptual Framework. In: Bauer, M.W., Trondal, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System. European Administrative Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137339898_2

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