This volume addresses important questions about the governance of common goods and the crucial role of private actors. It explores how collective action problems can be solved institutionally when countries are faced with cross-boundary problems and a simultaneous lack of hierarchical guidance.

As European countries become more interdependent, the provision of common goods increasingly must be organized across national boundaries, levels of government, and sectors. In addition, former adversaries in the public and private sectors must learn to collaborate rather than compete. These changing paradigms call for new institutional and instrumental arrangements that move beyond existing modes of national governance. Offering a unique focus on the emerging role of private actors, this volume explores the evolving challenge of governing common goods in an increasingly transnational environment.