Deliberative Policy Analysis: Understanding Governance in the Network Society

Theories of Institutional Design

by Hendrik Wagenaar (Editor), Robert E. Goodin (Editor), Brian Barry (Editor)

Large-scale social and political changes have revolutionized policy-making. Traditionally, policy analysis has been state-centered, based on the assumption that central government is self-evidently the locus of government. However, policy-making is often carried out today in loosely organized networks of public authorities, citizen associations and private enterprises. The contributors to this book argue that democratic governance now calls for a new deliberatively-oriented policy analysis. They provide examples from around the world to demonstrate how this would work in practice.

Genres: Nonfiction

325 pages, ebook

First published May 14, 1999

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[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Changed the way I think about community organizing.