... is charted. The chapter also contains a review of the multi-level governance literature which forms the basis for disentangling aspects of Northern Ireland’s relationship with the EU since the devolution of powers in 1999. multi level governance MLG devolution Westminster identity Northern Ireland...

...Chapter eight analyses the relevance of the theory of multi-level governance (MLG) to explain the role of the European Union (EU) in Northern Ireland and contends that the EU successfully engages Northern Ireland as a region of a member state without threatening that state’s sovereignty or power...

...This chapter assesses a range of theoretical developments in the field of state restructuring, concentrating especially on those which have been used to understand economic governance. The chapter examines key literatures on new regionalism, on multi-level governance, on the political economies...

... their interests. This chapter considers the decentralising of the state; the territorialisation of political parties; regions in an integrating Europe; the Europeanisation of political parties; multi-level governance; multi-dimensional party competition; and the framework of the analysis. Europeanisation multi...

... to their interests. The chapter suggests that the interplay between national and European influences makes it clear that EU environmental policy is a form of multi-level governance. regulatory competition competitiveness economic ‘race to the bottom’ trade barriers automobile emissions California harmonization...