Victor Bekkers, Geske Dijkstra, Menno Fenger

Governance and the Democratic Deficit (eBook, ePUB)

Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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'. This comprehensive volume assesses the alleged 'democratic deficit' of these new governance practices and as such is ideally suited to courses on public administration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317125976
• Artikelnr.: 49350903

Autorenporträt

Victor Bekkers is Professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He holds the chair on the empirical study of public policy and public policy processes and is also Academic Director of the Center of Public Innovation. His main research interests are focused on the relationship between governance and ICT, virtual organizations in the public sector, ICT integration in policy networks and policy chains and public innovation. Geske Dijkstra is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her current research interests focus on the macro-economic effectiveness of aid and debt relief, and on the influence of bilateral and multilateral aid agencies on policy and governance of recipient countries. Arthur Edwards is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam. His main research interests focus on e-democracy, local democracy and citizenship. As a member of the Centre for Local Democracy (Erasmus University Rotterdam) he carries out contract research and consultancies for local and regional governments. Menno Fenger is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is interested in the tension between institutional path-dependency and theories of policy change, primarily in the field of welfare policy. He currently works in the Netherlands Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.