Synopses & Reviews
This volume fills this gap and presents case studies - particularly in consensus democracies such as the Netherlands, Flanders, and Germany but also in majoritarian democracies such as the UK and Canada - that describe and analyze the impact of the changing role of government, and focus on the introduction of interactive governance and the introduction of quasi-markets. The chapters explore how new forms of governance combine with the traditional institutions and processes of public decision making.
Table of Contents
- Preface.
- Introduction: The emergence of new forms of governance; B. Denters, O. van Heffen, J. Huisman, P.-J. Klok. 1. The rise of interactive governance and quasi-markets. 2. Objectives and research questions. 3. Conceptual framework. 4. Structure of the book and general themes. 5. References.
- Does interactive decision making work? Expanding Rotterdam Port; E.-H. Klijn. 1. Interactive decision making to promote openness. 2. Decision making in the Netherlands: a review. 3. Networks, arenas and rules: a conceptual framework. 4. Verm: organization, actors and arenas. 5. The decision making process: interactions and outcomes. 6. Conclusion: rules and connections of arenas as obstacles for interactive decision making. 7. References.
- Power to the people? Rule configurations and power games in interactive governance; R. Monnikhof, J. Edelenbos, A. Krouwel. 1. The rise of interactive governance in the Netherlands. 2. Three forms of power. 3. Producing a structure plan in De Bilt. 4. Rule configurations and power games. 5. Conclusions: who sets the rules, rules. 6. References.
- Interactive policy making as institutional design for local democracy: The experiments of the institute for public and politics; J. Koppenjan. 1. Introduction. 2. Interactive policy making as institutional design. 3. The IPP method as institutional design. 4. The elaboration of the process design in five municipalities. 5. Explaining the failure to put the IPP design into practice. 6. Interactive policy making and local democracy. 7. Epilogue. 8. References.
- Rebuilding Roombeek. An institutional analysis of interactive governance in the context of a representative democracy; B. Denters, P.-J. Klok. 1. Introduction and research questions. 2. Normative criteria of democracy. 3. Traditional representative institutions as a configuration of arenas. 4. Interactive arenas in Roombeek. 5. Problems in the institutional design of the interactive process in the case of Roombeek. 6. Conclusion. 7. References.
- Institutional reform in higher education: Forever changes? J. Huisman. 1. Introduction. 2. A sketch of Dutch higher education and the role of government. 3. Institutional reform: government, interactive governance and market co-ordination. 4. Conditional funding of university research. 5. Quality assurance in university education. 6. A new governance structure. 7. Summary and preliminary conclusions. 8. References.
- The emergence of a new environmental policy arena: The Dutch horticulture industry; J. Woltjer, R. van de Peppel. 1. Introduction. 2. The conventional arenas. 3. The new policy arena. 4. Assessment of the GLAMI arena achievements. 5. Conclusions. 6. References.
- Dutch public health on the move. From limited self-regulation to a state-supervised quasi-market? O. van Heffen, T. Kerkhoff. 1. Introduction. 2. Some reflections on institutional and policy change. 3. Outline of the developments in the public health sector in the Netherlands. 4. Demand-side funding and empowerment of the insured. 5. The institutional rearrangement of the Dutch public health scheme and its consequences. 6. Conclusion. 7. References.
- Siting unwanted land uses: Does interactive decision making help? D. Huitema. 1. Interactive decision making and decision quality. 2. Decision making in Newport, Wales. 3. Interactive siting: Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada. 4. Victims and volunteers: analysis and conclusions. 5. References.
- Statism by Stealth? Market orientation in British higher education; H. Theisens. 1. The British government system. 2. The higher education policy network in Britain. 3. Introducing markets in higher education. 4. Conclusion: market, state and higher education. 5. References.
- Towards a post-parliamentary democracy in Germany? Theoretical considerations and empirical observations on local democracy; M. Haus. 1. Introduction. 2. Local politics in Germany: the struggle for parliamentary democracy. 3. The spread of local referenda in the German municipal codes during the nineties and its implications for interactive governance. 4. Directly elected mayors: political leadership and interactive governance. 5. Experiments with co-operative democracy and deliberative politics. 6. The modernisation of public administration. 7. Conclusions. 8. References.
- Interactive governance: A view from the UK; R. Hambleton, D. Sweeting. 1. Introduction. 2. Government, governance and citizen participation. 3. An overview of UK local government. 4. Modernising local government: the labour strategy. 5. Interactive local governance in the UK. 6. Conclusions. 7. References.
- Local governance in Flanders; T. Steen, E. Wayenberg. 1. General introduction. 2. Brief description of the local government system. 3. Strengthening representative democracy. 4. Focus on the citizen. 5. The tension between new forms of interactive governance and traditional representative democracy. 6. Conclusion. 7. References.
- Contributors.