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This book is intended chiefly to analyze how governments and civil societies adapt to challenges from the new environment, particularly those pertaining to supra- and substate dynamics. The concept of multilevel governance gives us the elements we need to better evaluate political conflicts and outcomes across various levels of government and examine how institutions, political parties, social movements, business organizations and politicians move within this new environment.

We would first like to thank the Valencian Regional Government and the University of Valencia (Spain), where the collaborators on this book first gathered for preliminary discussions on the new forms of governance and trends observed in recent years. We also owe a debt of gratitude to Sanda Sijercic and Tristan Masson, who reviewed the chapters and provided a theoretical viewpoint on the contributions from collaborators. A special word of thanks goes out to Claude Berlinguette, who coordinated this special project sponsored by the International Political Science Association (IPSA), and Prof. Wyn Grant, who served as Chair of the Program Committee for the 22nd IPSA World Congress in Madrid 2012 and believed the issue of multilevel governance was crucial to the development of our discipline.