In European societies social differentiation, value pluralism and
international integration have brought about a condition of
previously unknown complexity. Citizens' expectations regarding
political participation and the legitimization of government policy
are rising, yet the capacities for social integration and political
consensus formation may be in decline. This volume investigates how
political actors and institutions in established European
democracies are seeing to manage the condition of complexity and
how this condition reconfigures the foundations of democratic
politics. From the Contents: Legitimacy Crises, Efficiency Gaps,
Democratic Deficits Efficiency versus Democracy: Conceptual
Reconciliation of a Troubled Relationship? Citizens' Expectations:
Is what matters only what works? Re-engaging Citizens:
Institutional Responses to Political Disengagement Informal
Government Delegated Authority: Legitimizing Independent Regulatory
Agencies Delegation to the EU The Open Method of Co-ordination
(OMC) and The European Employment Strategy Committee Governance in
EU Agricultural Policy Efficiency versus Legitimacy: The Governance
of Technology Does citizen involvement improve the quality,
legitimacy and implementability of environmental policy? The
Allocation of Health Care The Post-democratic Turn: Complexity and
the Reconfiguration of Democratic Politics
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