Multi-Level Governance (MLG): The role of public administrations

In this article I address the issue of how Public Administrations should develop within the new paradigm of multi-level governance. To this end, I chronologically describe the development of the various models of governance since the late 19th century to the present and how we have reached the current interpretation of Multi-Level Governance (MLG). In doing so, I shall follow Agranoff's scheme. I then discuss the main MLG dysfunctions found in the present socio-economic and political context. Last, I put forward an approach for advancing multi-centric governance.