Looking for an essence of local democratic governance: an interpretative approach and reconstruction method to understand the strategic behavior of local politicians with regards to the democratic anchorage of governance networks Universiteit Gent
In the Belgian region of Flanders one can identify a proliferation of local network-like arrangements. Local governments establish relationships with e.g. autonomous agencies, other governments, private organizations or with a combination of these. This new organizational layer on top of the local political landscape challenges traditional merits of local democracy like popular control, local sovereignty and the primacy of politics. This working ...