The Governance of Digital Policies : Towards a New Competence in the European Union

This book examines the efforts of the European Union, both past and ongoing, to harness the socio-economic potential of the internet in public policy-making.In order to achieve this, the author delves into the interactions between actors in the process of EU decision-making, using an outlook which focuses on how both multi-level and experimentalist governance can provide solutions for digital policy governance.The book also addresses the involvement of local and regional authorities in digital policy-making, both in how they endorse decisions made at the EU level, and in how they contribute directly to digital policy-making in their own localities.