A preliminary Framework for Explaining IGR Processes: defining variations and accounting for the role of Policy sector characteristics in Spanish IGR By César Colino (ccolino@poli.uned.es ) and Salvador Parrado (sparrado@poli.uned.es ) Spanish Distance Learning University, Madrid, Spain DRAFT PLEASE DON’T CITE OR QUOTE WITHOUT THE AUTHOR’S CONSENT Workshop 1: Theories and theoretical perspectives for investigating IGR/Multi-level Governance co-chairs: Robert Agranoff, Indiana University (agranoff@indiana.edu), USA and Andrew Massey, University of Exeter, UK (a.massey@exeter.ac.uk ) 2008 TransAtlantic Dialogue on the Status of Inter-Governmental Relations and Multi-Level Governance in Europe and the US