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Investigating the Two Faces of Governance: the case of the Euro-Mediterranean Development Bank

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  • Karim Knio

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The literature on governance has recently witnessed a growing tension between a techno-managerial account of governance and a power-sensitive approach. This article argues that the downgrading of power relations by the techno-managerial approach is significantly problematic and counterproductive. Building on the case of the Euro-Mediterranean Development Bank, the article shows how the EU's articulation of the techno-managerial approach has had serious negative implications. On the one hand, it re-emphasised the embedded long-term power asymmetries that have characterised the EU's general governance attitude relationship with its Mediterranean partners. On the other hand, it compromised the credibility of EU policies in addressing and pressing for further reforms in the Mediterranean region.

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  • Karim Knio, 2010. "Investigating the Two Faces of Governance: the case of the Euro-Mediterranean Development Bank," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 105-121.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:31:y:2010:i:1:p:105-121
    DOI: 10.1080/01436590903557413
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    1. Peride K. Blind, 2020. "A post-SDG Summit governance primer: interlinking the institutional, peace and justice dimensions of SDG16 (2016–2019)," Working Papers 165, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.

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