Governing Modern Societies - 9781138882102

Taylor & Francis

Governing Modern SocietiesTowards Participatory Governance\nAuthor(s): Hubert Heinelt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138882102, 978-1138882102\nSynopsis\nIs the golden age of democracy really over due to the pressures of globalisation and the erosion of the nation state? \n\nWithin this book, Heinelt seeks to address the democratic deficit in political systems linked to limited Citizen Participation reflecting on the notion of democracy and participatory governance and how they relate to each other. Exploring democracy beyond the governmental structures and focusing on participatory governance in particular this book demonstrates that common notions of democracy have to be re-conceptualised without neglecting its key ideas. By arguing that it is a political task to turn the inevitability of governance into a participatory form, Heinelt develops a model of different worlds of democratic actions which shows that.