4TAD - the Fourth Transatlantic Dialogue - 12 - 14 June, 2008. Università Bocconi


EGPA - European Group of Public Administration	Università Bocconi	SPAA - School of Public Affairs and Administration	ASPA - American Society for Public Administration

INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE

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	Invitation brochure at the 4th Transatlantic Dialogue, 12-14 June 2008 Milan, Italy

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	The 4TAD Conference Programme 12-14 June 2008 Milan, Italy

The investigation of intergovernmental relations (IGR) and multi-level governance (MLG) issues is a growing field of research as well as policy concern.

There seem to be significant differences in the approaches and the "cognitive maps" employed for the study of this field in the US and the European academic communities. The rationale for the initiative of promoting a Trans-Atlantic Dialogue Conference is the assumption that there is a need for a major scientific conference on "the status of intergovernmental relations and multi-level governance", intended to explore both the status of theories for explaining/interpreting the dynamics of IGR-MLG and the developments of IGR-MLG in the public sectors on both sides of the Atlantic.

Though there are important differences in the meanings and contents of the topics ("EU "multi-level governance vs. "USA federal system IGR"), it seems there is room for advancing the research on the topic by creating a major opportunity for scholars investigating the theme on both sides of the Atlantic to discuss theoretical and empirical works. The dialogue is "Transatlantic" both in the sense that background of scholars is from both the US and Europe, and as regards the empirical evidence of papers. Works that are comparative (comparable) in nature, especially US-EU/Europe comparisons, are most welcome.

The initiative is promoted by the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA), and specifically the Permanent Study Group on InterGovernmental Relations (PSG on IGR), with the support of Bocconi University, and The American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), and specifically the section on intergovernmental relations, with the support of The School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University - Newark.

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