Governance and the Democratic Deficit: Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices
Victor Bekkers, Geske Dijkstra, Arthur Edwards, Menno Fenger
It is widely acknowledged that we are witnessing a major transformation of public policymaking, a transformation which has been labeled as a change from 'government' to 'governance'. Governance is used to describe policymaking and implementation without a central authority in a non-hierarchical, network like structure through negotiation and cooperation between public and private actors at one or across different political levels. In particular, the volume: combines empirical analysis and normative assessment of governance practices; provides a systematic approach based on a framework for assessing democracy; and addresses different modes of governance at the local/regional, national, European and international levels. This comprehensive volume assesses the alleged 'democratic deficit' of these new governance practices and as such is ideally suited to courses on public administration.
Рік:
2007
Видавництво:
Routledge
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
319
ISBN 10:
0754683893
ISBN 13:
9780754683896
Файл:
PDF, 1.08 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2007