Download or read book Multi-level Governance and European Integration written by Liesbet Hooghe and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European politics has been reshaped in recent decades by a dual process of centralization and decentralization. This dual process is known as "multi-level governance". This text argues that its emergence in the second half of the 20th century is a watershed in the political development of Europe.