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The Democratic Anchorage of Governance Networks
Abstract
Governance through the negotiated interaction of a plurality of public, semi-public and private actors seems to provide an efficient means for governing our increasingly complex, fragmented and multi-layered societies. However, the big question is whether governance networks also contribute to the democratic governance of society. Governance network theory and post-liberal theories of democracy claim that there are both democratic problems and potentials associated with interactive network governance. In order to be able to assess, and possibly improve, the democratic performance of governance networks, the authors of this article develop and substantiate an analytical model for measuring the democratic anchorage of governance networks in different political constituencies and in an appropriate set of democratic rules and norms. In addition, it is argued that politicians should play a key role in efforts to ensure the democratic anchorage of governance networks.
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“…forward-looking institutional capacity building; it calls for an affirmative commitment to a normative conception of public service, one which combines ethical sensitivity, institutional guardian-ship, and democratic anchorage (Sørensen and Torfing 2005; Morlino 2005; Yesilkagit et al. 2024).”
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- Authors
- Sorensen, E., & Torfing, J.
- Venue
- Scandinavian Political Studies
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-09
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 195-218
- ISSN
- 0080-6757 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9477
- OpenAlex
- W2166770437
- Cited by
- 678
- References
- 58
- FWCI
- 40.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3652 d)
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