Organizing Democracy: The Construction of Agency in Practice

Nypris på Bokus 1612kr: https://www.bokus.com/bok/9781848444287/organizing-democracy/

Redaktörer: Göran Sundström, Linda Soneryd, Staffan Furusten
Språk: Engelska
Utgivning: Edward Elgar Press 2010, ISBN: 978-1-84844-428-7, 176 sidor

This fresh and fascinating book adds an organizational perspective to
the analysis of governance and democracy. It argues that a number of
organizational factors challenge the notion of agency assumed by a
governance model. The expert contributors criticize the governance
model for resting on the rational myth and the assumption that
democratic ideals can be translated to specified democratic values,
which in turn can be adhered to by democratic agents. By adding an
organizational perspective to the analysis of governance and democracy,
the book proves that theories about organizing and the construction of
agency can be used to explain how and why democratic values are attended
to in governance structures. Organizing Democracy will prove
essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in public
management, organizational studies, political science and sociology.
Practitioners with an interest in public management policy will also
find this book invaluable.