|
Books > Law > International law > Public international law
|
Buy Now
Policy Accumulation and the Democratic Responsiveness Trap (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,143
Discovery Miles 11 430
|
|
|
Policy Accumulation and the Democratic Responsiveness Trap (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
The responsiveness to societal demands is both the key virtue and
the key problem of modern democracies. On the one hand,
responsiveness is a central cornerstone of democratic legitimacy.
On the other hand, responsiveness inevitably entails policy
accumulation. While policy accumulation often positively reflects
modernisation and human progress, it also undermines democratic
government in three main ways. First, policy accumulation renders
policy content increasingly complex, which crowds out policy
substance from public debates and leads to an increasingly
unhealthy discursive prioritisation of politics over policy.
Secondly, policy accumulation comes with aggravating implementation
deficits, as it produces administrative backlogs and incentivises
selective implementation. Finally, policy accumulation undermines
the pursuit of evidence-based public policy, because it threatens
our ability to evaluate the increasingly complex interactions
within growing policy mixes. The authors argue that the stability
of democratic systems will crucially depend on their ability to
make policy accumulation more sustainable.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
