KNILL,Christoph <br/><br/>
Private governance across multiple arenas :  European interest associations as interface actors 

 -  April 2001 
<br/><br/> As a result of growing economic globalization and rapid techologiacl changes governance in the filed of information and communication policy incrasingly requires policy co-ordination across multiple arenas, not only including  vertical co-ordination across different institutional levels, but also horizontal coordination across different  policy sectors. In view of these new co-ordination demands the mediation and accommodation of heterogeneous interest positons  at the interfaces of various institutional levels and sectoral boundaries become a crucial governance function. The specific political, economic and technological conditions underlying information and communication technology policy favour this function being carried out by European interest associations - a development which coincides with significant strangthening and structural integration of the system of European interest representation 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>European Integration<br/>European Interest Representation<br/>Governance Across Multiple Arenas<br/>ICT Policy<br/>Private Self-Governance