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Evaluating the Democratic Quality of Local Democratic Practices – Sampling Seven Frameworks

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posted on 2021-12-16, 00:56 authored by Karl LofgrenKarl Lofgren, Annika Agger

There has been an upsurge in more participatory, interactive and citizen-oriented governance practices all around the world since the 1990s. What they all have in common is an emphasis on mobilising citizens and stakeholders affected, strengthening local communities, ensuring efficient planning solutions, and securing enhanced legitimacy for existing governing institutions. Conversely, we have witnessed a  growing interest in designing frameworks for evaluating the democratic quality of these innovations, asking questions such as the extent to which they actually are enhancing the quality of democracy? This article juxtaposes seven recent evaluative frameworks developed by academics, which address the question of the democratic quality of these new  democratic innovations. The article concludes that there are many overlaps between the different frameworks in terms of criteria with a mix of traditional and more participatory democratic norms at play. Furthermore, it also concludes these evaluative practices in many ways reflect the managerial search for accountability mechanisms in the  public sector. 

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Lofgren, K. & Agger, A. (n.d.). Evaluating the Democratic Quality of Local Democratic Practices – Sampling Seven Frameworks. Offentlig Förvaltning : Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 25(3/4), 87-106. https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v25i3-4.7081

Journal title

Offentlig Förvaltning : Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration

Volume

25

Issue

3/4

Pagination

87-106

Publisher

University of Gothenburg

Publication status

Published online

Contribution type

Article

Online publication date

2021-12-16

ISSN

2000-8058

eISSN

2001-7413

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