TY - EDBOOK A1 - van Zeben, Josephine A1 - Bobić, Ana T1 - Polycentricity in the European Union N2 - Supranational governance is being challenged by politicians and citizens around the EU as over-centralized and undemocratic. This book is premised on the idea that polycentric governance, developed by Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, is a fruitful place to start for addressing this challenge. Assessing the presence of, and potential for, polycentric governance within the EU means approaching established principles and practices from a new perspective. While the debate on these issues is rich, longstanding and interdisciplinary, it has proven difficult to sidestep the 'renationalisation/federalisation' dichotomy. The aim of this volume is not to reject the EU's institutional structure but provide a different benchmark for the assessment of its functioning. Polycentric theory highlights the importance of multilevel horizontal relationships within the EU - between states, but also between many sub-state actors, all the way down to individuals. This helps us answer the question: how do we achieve self-governance in an interdependent world? Y1 - 2019 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/law/european-law/polycentricity-european-union?format=HB SN - Online: 9781108528771, Print: 9781108423540 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108528771 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER -