1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465488803321

Autore

Plastrik Peter

Titolo

Connecting to change the world : harnessing the power of networks for social impact / / Peter Plastrik, Madeleine Taylor and John Cleveland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington,  District of Columbia ; ; Covelo, California ; ; London, [England] : , : Island Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61091-533-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

658/.046

Soggetti

Nonprofit organizations - Management - Technological innovations

Online social networks - Political aspects

Social change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Member Engagement""""Network Infrastructure""; ""Provisional Planning""; ""Periphery Relationships""; ""Chapter 6. Know Your Condition: Taking a Network�s Pulse""; ""Chapter 7. Back to Basics: Resetting a Network�s Design""; ""Chapter 8. Three Rules to Build By""; ""Afterword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Resources for Network Builders""; ""Appendices""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""; ""Board of Directors""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973461903321

Autore

Smith Melanie K

Titolo

Centralized enforcement, legitimacy, and good governance in the EU / / Melanie Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-21226-0

1-282-28449-5

9786612284496

0-203-87239-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Routledge Research in European Union Law ; ; v.v. 1

Classificazione

86.86

Disciplina

342.24041

Soggetti

Police power - European Union countries

Law - European Union countries

Law enforcement - European Union countries

Legitimacy of governments - European Union countries

European Union countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface and acknowledgements; Contents; Figures; Tables; Table of equivalences; Table of cases; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Mind the accountability gap - administrative law and legitimate governance; 3 Conceptualising democracy, legitimacy and the development of good governance in the EU; 4 Political enforcement, neutral guardianship and legal uniformity; 5 The policy on centralised enforcement: technocratic legitimacy, special relationships and the turn from good governance

6 The impact of the European Ombudsman: breaking down barriers to procedural legitimacy7 Centralised enforcement, legitimacy and good governance - conclusions; Appendix: Research method and interview data; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Article 226 EC is the central mechanism of enforcement in the EC Treaty, and has remained unchanged since the original Treaty of Rome. It provides the European Commission, as guardian of the Treaty, with a broad power of policing Member States' conduct. Article 226 has been



traditionally characterised as an arena of secretive negotiation focused on the sole function of effective enforcement. This study seeks to move beyond this approach by characterising Article 226 as a multi-functional mechanism within the Treaty. It does this by examining the central mechanism of enforcement through the