Organizing democracy : the construction of agency in practice / edited by Göran Sundström, Linda Soneryd, Staffan Furusten

Sundström, Göran ; Soneryd, Linda ; Furusten, Staffan

Englisch

Cheltenham ; Northhanpton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2010

1 Online-Ressource (x, 168 p)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-160) and index

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Organizing democracy. - Cheltenham [u.a.] : Edward Elgar, 2010. - X, 168 S.

978-1-84980-353-3 : e-book

Weitere Ausgaben: 9781848444287 (hardback) (andere physische Form), 1848444281 (hbk.) (andere physische Form)

DOI: 10.4337/9781849803533

*Demokratie

*Democracy

*Electronic books ; Democracy

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: JC423

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 321.8;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: ME 3300: MA-ML Politologie / ME Politische Systeme: Allgemeines und Vergleich / ME 3000-ME 4900 Demokratie, westliches politisches System / Soziale und wirtschaftliche Grundlagen der Demokratie

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

1. Democracy, governance and the problem of the modern actor / Göran Sundström, Staffan Furusten and Linda Soneryd -- 2. Organizing participation : establishing a discourse of local democratic governance for young people in Sweden / Adrienne Sörbom -- 3. Completed responsibility? : delegation, organization and accountability in Swedish export of military equipment / Catrin Andersson -- 4. The use of democratic values in the ISO 26000 process on social responsibility / Kristina Tamm Hallström -- 5. Public purchasing of complex services : balancing democratic and market values / Staffan Furusten -- 6. In search. of democracy : the process behind the Swedish forest-sector objectives / Göran Sundström -- 7. Democratic priority setting? : organizing multiple stakeholders to make decisions in the healthcare sector / Ebba Sjögren and Karin Fernler -- 8. by a stretch. of the imagination : public involvement in nuclear waste management / Linda Soneryd -- 9. Democratic values and lthe organizing of actors in governance structures / Linda Soneryd, Staffan Furusten and Göran Sundström