ABSTRACT
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. 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. The volume assesses the alleged 'democratic deficit' of these new governance practices and as such is ideally suited to courses on public administration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|78 pages
Theoretical Framework
chapter 3|26 pages
Legitimacy and Democracy
part II|68 pages
Governance at a Distance and Market Governance
chapter 5|26 pages
Governance, Democracy and the European Modernization Agenda
chapter 7|22 pages
The Accountability of Professionals in Social Policy
part III|54 pages
Network Governance and Societal Self-Governance
chapter 9|18 pages
Embedding Deliberative Democracy
chapter 10|18 pages
The Limits of Donor-Induced Participation
part IV|92 pages
Multi-Level Governance
chapter 12|26 pages
Democratic Legitimacy of Economic Governance
chapter 13|20 pages
The OMC and the Quest for Democratic Legitimization
chapter 14|24 pages
Supranational Governance and the Challenge of Democracy
part V|20 pages
Conclusions