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5 - Compare and Contrast Types of MLG

Sheikh Shoaib Tariq

Department of Governance & Public Policy, National University of Modern Languages,

Islamabad

GPP 509: Multi-Level Governance

Sir Mohsin Khan
Words: 300
May 14, 2020
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BRIEFLY COMPARE AND CONTRAST TYPES OF MLG:

MLG is divided into two types. Following characteristics construct discrepancies between them:

Type-I Type-II
JURISDICTIONS
General-Purpose Task-Specific
Discretions of decision-making are distributed Jurisdictions are distinctive at all independent
throughout the arrays in the form of packages. levels. These tasks are not exercised by
Multilevel of government practices general- government but by some public service institutions
functions (Widely Spreaded multipurpose) to such as health care, police, welfare services and
assure effective services for their communities. etc. They are basically goal-oriented and ad-hoc.
Federalist basically emphasize on the decomposed
authorities.
MEMBERSHIPS
Non-Intersecting Intersecting
Memberships in Type-I jurisdictions are territorial Memberships are nested in hierarchical structures
and also do not intersect and overlap with any of as they are conditional and opposed by economic
the other level either it is vertical or horizontal and forces. Therefore, jurisdictions overlap with each
tiers either it is higher or lower. other and are not neatly defined across the levels.
NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONAL LEVELS
Limited Many
Jurisdictions lie in just few levels. These levels, Jurisdictions lie with many numbers of levels. And
either local, intermediate or central, are easily they are designed with the hope that each
distinguishable. Also, they vary with countries like jurisdiction play discrete role to provide communal
three in Luxembourg and six in other European goods or services effectively. It involves the
countries. process of fragmegration (continuity in changing
and reforming of spheres).
ARCHITECTURE
Durable and System-wide Flexibly Designed
Unit of analysis is Individual Government. These Units of analysis are Individual Policy and
jurisdictions are constitutionally designed such that collective consumptions to provide public goods
separate powers of legislature, executive and and services. These jurisdictions follow legal
judiciary. Changing of jurisdictions is costly and frameworks formulated by type-I jurisdictions and
unusual. change with the preferences of public
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References
Bache, I., & Flinders, M. (2004). Multi-Level Governance. New York: Oxford University.