A Radically Democratic Response to Global Governance: Dystopian Utopias

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Margaret Stout (West Virginia University, USA) Jeannine M. Love (Roosevelt University, USA)

A Radically Democratic Response to Global Governance

Dystopian Utopias

Margaret Stout (West Virginia University, USA), Jeannine M. Love (Roosevelt University, USA)

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English

Routledge
12 December 2016

Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory; Constitutional & administrative law

Series: Transnational Law and Governance

This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories grounded in an understanding of existence as a static, discrete, mechanistic process, while also identifying the failures of theories that assume dynamic alternatives of either a radically collectivist or individualist nature. Relationships between ontology and governance practices are established, drawing upon a wide range of social, political, and administrative theory. Employing the ideal-type method and dialectical analysis to establish meanings, the authors develop a typology of four dominant approaches to governance.

The authors then provide a systematic analysis of each governance approach, thoroughly unpacking and critiquing each one and exploring the relationships and movements among them that engender reform and revolution as well as retrenchment and obfuscation of power dynamics. After demonstrating that each governance approach has fatal flaws within a diverse global context, the authors propose an alternative they call Integrative Governance. As a synthesis of the ideal-types, Integrative Governance is neither individualist nor collectivist, while still maintaining the dynamic character required to accommodate responsiveness to cultural contexts.

By: Margaret Stout (West Virginia University USA), Jeannine M. Love (Roosevelt University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781138654051
ISBN 10: 1138654051
Series: Transnational Law and Governance
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 12 December 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Margaret Stout is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at West Virginia University in Morgantown, USA. Jeannine M. Love is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at Roosevelt University in Chicago, USA.