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Practices of Freedom : Decentred Governance, Conflict and Democratic Participation.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781139863384
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 323.44
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Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Democracy, Conflict and Participation in Decentred Governance -- The Shift from Government to Governance? -- Practices of Governance and Practices of Freedom -- Understanding Decentred Governance -- The Primacy of Practice -- Bringing the Political Back in: Acknowledging the Deep Pluralism of Contemporary Society -- Democracy as Practices of Governance and Freedom -- Reframing Democracy -- The Contributions to This Book -- 2 Governance-Driven Democratization -- Introduction -- The Domain of Governance-Driven Democratization -- 3 Deliberative, Agonistic and Aversive Grammars of Democracy: The Question of Criteria -- Introduction -- The Question of Criteria: What Is at Stake? -- The Status and Implications of Criteria in Deliberative Accounts -- Poststructuralism and Criteria -- The Emergence of Claims: Rancière -- Laclau and Mouffe: A Hegemonic Approach to Radical Democracy -- Mouffe's Agonistic Account of Democracy -- Poststructuralism and the Status of Criteria -- Aversive Democracy -- Criteria: A Wittgensteinian Approach -- 4 Designing Democratic Institutions for Decentred Governance: The Council of Europe's Acquis -- Introduction -- Designing Democracy: The Role of the Council of Europe -- Governance and Democratic Institutions: Clarifying Concepts -- The Process of Institutional Design: Shaping Constraints and Opportunities -- Criteria for the Design of Democratic Institutions -- The Acquis as an Instrument of Institutional Design -- Conclusions -- 5 Assessing the Democratic Anchorage of Governance Networks -- Introduction -- Governance Networks -- The Democratic Anchorage of Governance Networks -- Anchorage in Democratically Elected Politicians.
Anchorage in the Membership Basis of Participating Groups and Organizations -- Anchorage in a Territorially Defined Citizenry -- Anchorage in Democratic Rules and Norms -- Applying the Model -- Conclusion -- 6 Learning through Contested Governance: The Practice of Agonistic Intersubjectivity -- Introduction -- Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in a Neighbourhood Redevelopment Setting -- Power, Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity -- 7 Decentred Legitimacy in the New Community Governance -- Introduction -- Theorising Decentred Legitimacy -- Decentred Legitimacy -- Norms of Legitimacy -- Neighbourhood Legitimacy in an English City -- The Complex and Informal Practising of Legitimacy -- Assessing the Legitimacy of Community Governance -- 8 Designing 'the Political' in (and out of) Neighbourhood Governance -- Introduction -- Governance and Democratic Participation within Neighbourhoods -- Redesigning Governance: Neighbourhood Policies in the United Kingdom -- Designing Democratic Procedures -- Designing in Democratic Conflict -- Conclusion -- 9 Participatory Governance in Practice -- Introduction -- Decentred Participatory Governance -- The Case Study -- Practices of Governance -- Encountering Practices of Governance -- Practices of Freedom -- Developing a Democratic Ethos -- Conclusion -- 10 The Agonistic Experience: Informality, Hegemony and the Prospects for Democratic Governance -- Introduction: Citizens, Informality and Urban Governance -- Public Administration, Citizen Participation and Democracy -- The Case of Nordmarkt, Dortmund -- The Agonistic Experience: The Importance of Democratic Distrust -- Practices of Freedom: The Transformative Potential of Informal Practices -- Democratic Governance as Civic Capacity -- 11 Insurgent Citizenship: Radicalism, Co-optation and Neighbourhood Geopolitics among the Palestinian Citizens of Haifa, Israel.
Introduction -- The Neighbourhood, the City, the Nation: Territorial Constructions of Citizenship -- Symbolic Urban Regimes and the Scalar Politics of Citizenship -- Insurgent Citizenship -- Haifa, Israel -- Constructing a City and Its Communities -- Insurgent Citizenship: Neighbourhood Politics as Moments of Co-optation and Radicalism -- i. Intra-minority Political Contestation and the Uncovering of 'Other' Neighbourhoods -- ii. Coalition Politics between Co-optation and Radicalism -- iii. Neighbourhood Mobilisation as a Politically Constitutive Moment -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Practices of Freedom draws upon new understandings of radical democracy and policy-making to examine how the struggles of individuals, groups and movements shape contemporary governance. Integrating theoretical contributions with detailed empirical studies, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of new approaches to governance, conflict resolution and democracy.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Democracy, Conflict and Participation in Decentred Governance -- The Shift from Government to Governance? -- Practices of Governance and Practices of Freedom -- Understanding Decentred Governance -- The Primacy of Practice -- Bringing the Political Back in: Acknowledging the Deep Pluralism of Contemporary Society -- Democracy as Practices of Governance and Freedom -- Reframing Democracy -- The Contributions to This Book -- 2 Governance-Driven Democratization -- Introduction -- The Domain of Governance-Driven Democratization -- 3 Deliberative, Agonistic and Aversive Grammars of Democracy: The Question of Criteria -- Introduction -- The Question of Criteria: What Is at Stake? -- The Status and Implications of Criteria in Deliberative Accounts -- Poststructuralism and Criteria -- The Emergence of Claims: Rancière -- Laclau and Mouffe: A Hegemonic Approach to Radical Democracy -- Mouffe's Agonistic Account of Democracy -- Poststructuralism and the Status of Criteria -- Aversive Democracy -- Criteria: A Wittgensteinian Approach -- 4 Designing Democratic Institutions for Decentred Governance: The Council of Europe's Acquis -- Introduction -- Designing Democracy: The Role of the Council of Europe -- Governance and Democratic Institutions: Clarifying Concepts -- The Process of Institutional Design: Shaping Constraints and Opportunities -- Criteria for the Design of Democratic Institutions -- The Acquis as an Instrument of Institutional Design -- Conclusions -- 5 Assessing the Democratic Anchorage of Governance Networks -- Introduction -- Governance Networks -- The Democratic Anchorage of Governance Networks -- Anchorage in Democratically Elected Politicians.

Anchorage in the Membership Basis of Participating Groups and Organizations -- Anchorage in a Territorially Defined Citizenry -- Anchorage in Democratic Rules and Norms -- Applying the Model -- Conclusion -- 6 Learning through Contested Governance: The Practice of Agonistic Intersubjectivity -- Introduction -- Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in a Neighbourhood Redevelopment Setting -- Power, Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity -- 7 Decentred Legitimacy in the New Community Governance -- Introduction -- Theorising Decentred Legitimacy -- Decentred Legitimacy -- Norms of Legitimacy -- Neighbourhood Legitimacy in an English City -- The Complex and Informal Practising of Legitimacy -- Assessing the Legitimacy of Community Governance -- 8 Designing 'the Political' in (and out of) Neighbourhood Governance -- Introduction -- Governance and Democratic Participation within Neighbourhoods -- Redesigning Governance: Neighbourhood Policies in the United Kingdom -- Designing Democratic Procedures -- Designing in Democratic Conflict -- Conclusion -- 9 Participatory Governance in Practice -- Introduction -- Decentred Participatory Governance -- The Case Study -- Practices of Governance -- Encountering Practices of Governance -- Practices of Freedom -- Developing a Democratic Ethos -- Conclusion -- 10 The Agonistic Experience: Informality, Hegemony and the Prospects for Democratic Governance -- Introduction: Citizens, Informality and Urban Governance -- Public Administration, Citizen Participation and Democracy -- The Case of Nordmarkt, Dortmund -- The Agonistic Experience: The Importance of Democratic Distrust -- Practices of Freedom: The Transformative Potential of Informal Practices -- Democratic Governance as Civic Capacity -- 11 Insurgent Citizenship: Radicalism, Co-optation and Neighbourhood Geopolitics among the Palestinian Citizens of Haifa, Israel.

Introduction -- The Neighbourhood, the City, the Nation: Territorial Constructions of Citizenship -- Symbolic Urban Regimes and the Scalar Politics of Citizenship -- Insurgent Citizenship -- Haifa, Israel -- Constructing a City and Its Communities -- Insurgent Citizenship: Neighbourhood Politics as Moments of Co-optation and Radicalism -- i. Intra-minority Political Contestation and the Uncovering of 'Other' Neighbourhoods -- ii. Coalition Politics between Co-optation and Radicalism -- iii. Neighbourhood Mobilisation as a Politically Constitutive Moment -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.

Practices of Freedom draws upon new understandings of radical democracy and policy-making to examine how the struggles of individuals, groups and movements shape contemporary governance. Integrating theoretical contributions with detailed empirical studies, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of new approaches to governance, conflict resolution and democracy.

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