Negative coordination

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Negative coordination refers to a coordination between organizational units in which the implementing organizational unit only checks whether a decision variant has a negative impact on the status quo or the interests of other units. In contrast to the positive coordination, there is no examination of possible optimal combinations, which have the greatest possible benefit for all actors . This results in a much lower coordination effort, which explains the empirical predominance of this coordination variant. The concept of negative or positive coordination is based on the work of Fritz W. Scharpf .

literature

  • Scharpf, Fritz W., 1993: Positive and negative coordination in negotiation systems. In: Adrienne Héritier (Ed.): Policy Analysis. Criticism and reorientation. In: Political quarterly. Special issue 24. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 57–83.
  • Scharpf, Fritz W., 1994: Games Real Actors Could Play. Positive and Negative Coordination in Embedded Negotiations. In: Journal of Theoretical Politics. 6/1, 27-53.
  • Scharpf, Fritz W., 1996: Negative and Positive Integration in the Political Economy of European Welfare States. In: Gary Marks , Fritz W. Scharpf, Philippe C. Schmitter and Wolfgang Streeck (Eds.): Governance in the European Union. London: Sage, 15-39.
  • Scharpf, Fritz W., 1998: Balancing Positive and Negative Integration. The Regulatory Options for Europe. In: Dieter Dettke, (Ed.): The Challenge of Globalization for Germany's Social Democracy. A Policy Agenda for the Twenty-first Century. Berghahn Books: Oxford / New York, 29–57.