1. Introduction.- Part I: Theoretical Considerations.- 2. Country variations in networks between municipalities and civil society Anders Lidström.- 3. European local politics: coherence, autonomy, relevance Filipe Teles.- Part II: Comparative Empirical Findings: Power, Authority, Participation and Democracy.- 4. Power to rule: The perception of power and relevance in local state-society networks in Europe Grétar Thór Eythórsson & Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir.- 5. Depoliticizing Policy Making: Do formal Governance Networks silence dissenting voices or provide opportunities for change? Paula Russell.- 6. The notion of democracy among societal actors involved in locals state-society relations Hubert Heinelt & Adam Gendzwill.- 7. Between ideology and cooperation: How local politicians perceive their role in state-society relations Björn Egner.- 8. New governance tools at the local level: civil society between local political leaders and the needs of local society Ivan Kopric, Dubravka Jurlina Alibegovic, Romea Manojlovic Toman, Dario Cepo & Suncana Slijepcevic.- 9. Does Metagovernance Matter? The Nature and Effects of Network Participation by Local Politicians in Local State-Society Relations in Europe Tom Verhelst & Koenraad De Ceuninck.- 10. Partnership in the shadow of hierarchy: the role of municipal authorities in local governance networks Joanna Krukowska & Marta Lackowska.- 11. The democratic quality of non-electoral representation through local state-society relations Karin Fossheim & Hans Vollaard.- 12. Legitimacy claims of societal actors involved in locals state-society relations Deborah Galimberti & Hubert Heinelt.- Part III: Policies and Politics Of Networks.- 13. The unbearable lightness of coherence within local governance arrangements Patrícia Silva & Filipe Teles.- 14. Participation without influence? Perceived influence amongst societal actors representing elderly people and people with disabilities David Feltenius & Linnéa Henrikssons.- 15. InfluentalEuropean Youth? Linnéa Henriksson & Janette Huttunen.- 16. Organised business and unions in local governance Deborah Galimberti & Detlef Sack.- 17. Patterns of network relevance in local policies Carmen Navarro & Lluis Medir.- 18. Local actions groups and inter-municipal cooperation Alistair Jones, Colin Copus, Jakub Lysek & Joanna Krukowska.- Part IV: Regional and Territorial Differences of Local State-Society Relations.- 19. Many advisory councils at the municipal level: do they add value for participation? Iveta Reinholde, Inese Abolina & Malvine Stucka.- 20. Which networks for which territories Annick Magnier & Marcello Cabria.- 21. The prevalence of low-relevance networks in Central Eastern Europe and the post-communist legacy Jurga Bucaite-Vilke, Jakub Lysek, Dan Rysavy & Aiste Lazauskiene.- 22. Networks between local government and civil society and the arbitrary and idiosyncratic nature of network membership Alistair Jones & Colin Copus.
