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Governance and the Democratic Deficit
Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices
Introduction
It is widely acknowledged that we are witnessing a major transformation of public policy making, a transformation which has been labelled as a change from government to governance. Governance is used to describe policy making 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.
Content Overview
This comprehensive volume combines empirical analysis and normative assessment of governance practices, providing a systematic approach based on a framework for assessing democratic legitimacy. It addresses different modes of governance at the local/regional, national, European and international levels.
Purpose and Relevance
The volume assesses the alleged democratic deficit of these new governance practices and as such is ideally suited to courses on public administration.
