Multi-Level Governance
Multi-level (or multilevel) governance is a term used to describe the way power is spread vertically between levels of government and horizontally across multiple quasi-government and non-governmental organizations and actors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_governance
International governance operates based on multi-level governance principles. Multi-level governance can be distinguished from multi-level government which is when different levels of government share or transfer responsibility amongst each other.
Multi-level governance is an approach in political science and public administration theory that originated from studies on European integration. (EU)
Multi-level governance' is a recent concept, having first entered the lexicon of political science around fifteen years ago as comparativists became re-acquainted with European integration and discovered that authority was shifting not only from central states up to Europe, but also down to subnational authorities
Multi-level, polycentric governance, and multi-layered governance emphasize the dispersion of decision making from the local to the global level.
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