Cities, Europeanization and Multi‐level Governance: Governing Climate Change through Transnational Municipal Networks*

2009/01/23 by KRISTINE KERN, Kristine Kern, Harriet Bulkeley +1 · 709 citations
Social Sciences · #Business #Climate change #Context (archaeology) #Corporate governance #European Union Policy and Governance #Geography #Multi-level governance #Policy Transfer and Learning #Political science #Public Policy and Administration Research #Public administration #Regional science

paper · open access · doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2009.00806.x

published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies 47(2), 309-332 (Wiley)

openalex publication_date 2009/01/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Abstract This article focuses on a variant of multi‐level governance and Europeanization, i.e. the transnational networking of local authorities. Focusing on local climate change policy, the article examines how transnational municipal networks (TMNs) govern in the context of multi‐level European governance. We find that TMNs are networks of pioneers for pioneers.

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