Governance And The Democratic Deficit Assessing The Democratic Legitimacy Of Governance Practices Victor Bekkers by Victor Bekkers, Geske Dijkstra, Arthur Edwards, Menno Fenger 9780754649830, 9780754683896, 0754649830, 0754683893 instant download after payment.

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.