Democratic governance
by Bevir, Mark
Democratic Governance examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. Mark Bevir shows how new ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world. Policymakers cling to outdated concepts of representative government while at the same time placing ever more faith in expertise, markets, and networks. Democracy exhibits blurred lines of accountability and declining legitimacy. Bev…
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- Full title :Democratic governance / Mark Bevir.
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Democratic Governance examines the changing nature of the modern state and reveals the dangers these changes pose to democracy. Mark Bevir shows how new ideas about governance have gradually displaced old-style notions of government in Britain and around the world. Policymakers cling to outdated concepts of representative government while at the same time placing ever more faith in expertise, markets, and networks. Democracy exhibits blurred lines of accountability and declining legitimacy. Bevir explores how new theories of governance undermined traditional government in the twentieth century.
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- Publication Date:©2010.
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- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 301 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781400836857, 1400836859
- oclc:ocn650305561
- LC Classification:JC423
- Dewey Decimal:321.8
Table of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Interpreting Governance; PART I: The New Governance; PART II: Constitutionalism; PART III: Public Administration; CONCLUSION: After Modernism; Bibliography; Index.
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