La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale
How might we think about democratic governance? This paper distinguishes between system governance and radical democracy. Systems governance borrows the language of radical democracy while missing its spirit. It advocates increased participation through networks because new institutionalists suggest...
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Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)
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| description | How might we think about democratic governance? This paper distinguishes between system governance and radical democracy. Systems governance borrows the language of radical democracy while missing its spirit. It advocates increased participation through networks because new institutionalists suggest networks are an efficient means of service delivery. It advocates increased consultation to build consensus because communitarians suggest consensus is needed for effective political institutions. System governance is, then, a top-down discourse based on the alleged expertise of social scientists. Radical democrats concentrate instead upon the self-government of citizens. Instead of the incorporation of established groups in networks, they promote a pluralism within which aspects of governance are handed over to associations in civil society. And instead of consultation prior to decision-making, they promote a dialogue in which citizens play an active role in making and implementing public policy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0cec2cb22524c529cf4bfc81fe2ae102025-08-20T02:44:56ZengLaboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA)E-REA1638-17182009-07-017110.4000/erea.959La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicaleMark BEVIRHow might we think about democratic governance? This paper distinguishes between system governance and radical democracy. Systems governance borrows the language of radical democracy while missing its spirit. It advocates increased participation through networks because new institutionalists suggest networks are an efficient means of service delivery. It advocates increased consultation to build consensus because communitarians suggest consensus is needed for effective political institutions. System governance is, then, a top-down discourse based on the alleged expertise of social scientists. Radical democrats concentrate instead upon the self-government of citizens. Instead of the incorporation of established groups in networks, they promote a pluralism within which aspects of governance are handed over to associations in civil society. And instead of consultation prior to decision-making, they promote a dialogue in which citizens play an active role in making and implementing public policy.https://journals.openedition.org/erea/959reformstategovernancenetworksdemocratic déficitsparticipatory democracy |
| spellingShingle | Mark BEVIR La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale E-REA reform state governance networks democratic déficits participatory democracy |
| title | La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale |
| title_full | La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale |
| title_fullStr | La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale |
| title_full_unstemmed | La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale |
| title_short | La Gouvernance démocratique : perspectives systémique et radicale |
| title_sort | la gouvernance democratique perspectives systemique et radicale |
| topic | reform state governance networks democratic déficits participatory democracy |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/erea/959 |
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