Participatory Governance: Political and Societal Implications

ISBN-13: 9783810032379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 275 str.

Jurgen Grote;Bernard Gbikpi

Opis

Hubert Heinelt This book is the result of a conference on "Democratic and Participatory Govemance: From Citizens to 'Holders'?" held in Florence in September 2000. The conference which had been organised by Bemard Gbikpi, JUrgen Grote and Philippe Schmitter was part of the project "Achieving Sustainable and Innovative Policies through Participatory Govemance in a Multi-Level Context" funded by the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme on Research and Development. The project's empirical focus is on specific policy areas - water supply and EMAS (i.e. the EU environmental management and audit scheme) - and takes account of different territariallevels of govemment. The objective is to analyze old and new forms of govemance to identify those being conducive to innovative and sustainable policies which, themselves, are based on the core values of dialogue, negotiation, active citizenship, partnership and subsidiarity. This also implies identifying the conditions that support the creation and maintenance of these forms of govemance. And last but not least, the project also aims at looking out for opportunities of EU intervention to promote these conditions in a way such that participatory forms of govemance can be achieved.

Spis treści

Introduction: Bernard Gbikpi/Jürgen R. Grote, From Demokratic Government to Participatory Governance  - Governance: Concepts: Klaus Dieter Wolf,  Contextualizing Normative Standards for Legitimate Governance beyond the State  - Philippe C. Schmitter, Participation in Governance Arrangements: Is there any Reason to Expect it will Achieve 'Sustainable and Innovative Policies in a Multilevel Context'?  - Jan Kooiman, Governance: A Social-Political Perspective  - Hubert Heinelt, Civic Perspectives on a Democratic Transformation of the EU  - Governance: Institutions: Brigid Laffan, The European Commission: Promoting EU Governance  - Vivian A. Schmidt, The Effects of European Integration on National Forms of Governance: Reconstructing Practices and Reconceptualizing Democracy  - Michele Knodt, Regions in Multilevel Governance Arrangements: Leadership versus Partnership  - Governance: Sectors and Domains: Claudio Radaelli, Democratising Expertise  - Jacques Theys, Environmental Governance: From Innovation to Powerlessness  - Volker Schneider, Private Actors in Political Governance: Regulating the Information and Communcation Sectors  - Conclusion: Jürgen R. Grote/Bernard Gbikpi, Participation and Meta-Governance: The White Paper of the EU Commission

O autorze

Jürgen R. Grote, Fakultät für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz; Bernard Gbikpi, Fellow in einem gemeinsam mit Philippe C. Schmitter und Claus Offe durchgeführten Projekt über "Democracy Promotion and Protection in Central Europe and the Middle East and North Africa".

Blurb

After years of a primarily and technocratic debate on European governance, it is time to emphasize the term´s normative dimension. This book singles out participation as the issue most crucial to it. Participatory governance is introduced not as part of the problem but as part of the solution. Going beyond Robert Dahl´s democratic dilemma, the contributors try to identify and describe modes of governance based on system effectiveness cum citizen participation. The concept is first developed in a theory section and then followed by chapters on the multi-level and the multi-sector contexts within which its empirical manifestations are travelling. A conclusion comments on the White Paper on Governance by the European Commission and on the implications of likely governance failure.
This has been made possible by a generous grant of the EU Commission under the Fifth Framework Programme on Research and Development.