Governance and the Democratic Deficit: Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Notes on Contributors......Page 12
Preface by the Editors......Page 14
List of Abbreviations......Page 16
PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 20
1 Governance and the Democratic Deficit: Introduction......Page 22
2 The Governance Concept in Public Administration......Page 32
3 Legitimacy and Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Governance Practices......Page 54
4 The Idea of Democracy and the Eighteenth Century......Page 80
PART II: GOVERNANCE AT A DISTANCE AND MARKET GOVERNANCE......Page 98
5 Governance, Democracy and the European Modernization Agenda: A Comparison of Different Policy Initiatives......Page 100
6 Police, Policing and Governance in The Netherlands and in the United Kingdom......Page 126
7 The Accountability of Professionals in Social Policy: Or Why Governance is Multi-Focal and Democracy is Multi-Local......Page 144
PART III: NETWORK GOVERNANCE AND SOCIETAL SELF-GOVERNANCE......Page 166
8 The Legitimacy of the Rotterdam Integrated Public Safety Program......Page 168
9 Embedding Deliberative Democracy: Local Environmental Forums in The Netherlands and the United States......Page 184
10 The Limits of Donor-Induced Participation: An Analysis of a Participatory Development Program in Mozambique......Page 202
PART IV: MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE......Page 220
11 Democratic Legitimacy of Inter-Municipal and Regional Governance......Page 222
12 Democratic Legitimacy of Economic Governance: The Case of the European and Monetary Union......Page 242
13 The OMC and the Quest for Democratic Legitimization: The Case of the European Employment Strategy......Page 268
14 Supranational Governance and the Challenge of Democracy: The IMF and the World Bank......Page 288
PART V: CONCLUSIONS......Page 312
15 Governance and the Democratic Deficit: An Evaluation......Page 314
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R......Page 337
W......Page 338