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Intro -- Danksagung -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Tabellenverzeichnis -- Abkürzungen -- 1. Einleitung -- 1.1. Erkenntnisinteresse und Fragestellungen -- 1.2. Aufbau der Untersuchung -- 2. Von nationaler zu internationaler Regelbefolgung -- 2.1. Zwei Beispiele früher Forschungsbeiträge -- 2.1.1 Nationalstaatliche Ebene -- 2.1.2 Internationale Ebene -- 2.2. Compliance in der Europäischen Union -- 2.2.1 Theoretisch-konzeptuelle Verortung -- 2.2.2 Charakteristika des Forschungsfeldes -- 3. Konzeptuelle Grundlagen prozeduraler Compliance -- 3.1. Forschungsstand und typologische Konzeptualisierung -- 3.2. Compliance als Sequenz -- 3.2.1 Transposition: Phase und Outcome I -- 3.2.2 Administrative Implementation: Phase und Outcome II -- 3.2.3 Application: Phase und Outcome III -- 3.2.4 Enforcement: bedingte Schleife -- 3.3. Dimensionen von Compliance -- 3.3.1 Zeitdimension -- 3.3.2 Inhaltsdimension -- 3.3.3 Motivationsdimension -- 4. Ein konzeptstrukturelles Modell von Compliance in der Europäischen Union -- 4.1. Konzeptstrukturen als Werkzeug in den Sozialwissenschaften -- 4.1.1 Zwei Strukturprinzipien zur Konstruktion von Konzepten -- 4.1.2 Vier Ansätze zur Anwendung von Konzeptstrukturen -- 4.1.3 Zur logischen Formalisierung von Konzeptstrukturen -- 4.2. Formalisierung von Erklärungsmustern korrekter Compliance -- 4.3. Das analytische Framework -- 4.3.1 Bedingungen für die Qualität von Compliance -- 4.3.2 Konzeptuelle und empirische Ebenen des Frameworks -- 4.3.3 Codierung der Bedingungen und Outcomes -- 5. Meta-Studie: Eine QCA qualitativer Fallstudien -- 5.1. Empirisches Analyseinstrument: Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- 5.2. Fallauswahl und Codierung der Fälle -- 5.2.1 Richtlinie 85/337/EWG - Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung -- 5.2.2 Richtlinie 90/313/EWG - Umweltinformation -- 5.2.3 Richtlinie 80/778/EWG - Trinkwasser.

AbstractMultilevel governance of energy transitions depends on the coordination between national, supra- and international administrative actors. Coordination takes place in systems of multilevel administration, which constitute highly dynamic arenas dominated by legally non-binding instruments and reciprocal interactions and relationships. This article seeks to gain insights into the underlying coordination processes by asking which conditions account for the change over time of coordination between administrative actors in multilevel administration systems. First, research on multilevel administration is summarized. Second and starting from historic and discursive institutionalist theory, a conceptual framework is outlined to assess the conditions and modes that account for the dynamics of coordination in general, and the change of coordination instruments in particular. A trend towards persuasive coordination in a process of institutional layering driven by endogenous conditions is expected. Empirically, an in-depth comparative analysis is conducted based on exploratory interviews with 90 experts mainly from the European Commission, the International Energy Agency, and national administrators from Canada and Europe. The results unveil that administrative coordination evolves according to at least three types of layering that go beyond the initial hypothesis: first, through layering of coordination instruments; second, as an increase in formal and non-formal interactions through a growing number of channels and complexity of interactions over time; third, as layering of inter-administrative relationships through a growing importance of personal networks and the creation of new contacts. By analysing the dynamics of multilevel administrative coordination, the article contributes to an important but underdeveloped aspect of the governance of supra- and international energy transitions.

AbstractLocal climate policy in Germany is embedded in a complex and dense multilevel system. While higher levels of governance confront cities with legal frameworks and regulations, they are not constrained to mere implementation of requirements from the national or supranational levels. Cities can influence and make strategic use of opportunities stemming from the multilevel structure to introduce innovative climate policy measures as best practices. Within a multilevel structure, they can engage in trans‐local action and become actors in various processes of upscaling. In this paper, we analyze the configurations of success for local climate innovations. We focus on the impact of cities' trans‐local and strategic activities within the European multilevel system in conjunction with city‐specific context conditions. The research is based on a concept‐structural framework that combines trans‐local activities and internal context conditions in a way that accounts for interactions between the two spheres. A comparison of the German cities of Darmstadt, Hagen, Offenbach, and Oldenburg indicates that configurations of strategic action in the multilevel system and beneficial local conditions explain the adoption of climate innovations. Therefore, such trans‐local action should not be understood as a sufficient condition of innovative climate policy measures, but as an enabling factor embedded in local contexts.