Governance Networks, Bureaucracy, and Democracy

Are bureaucratic and network forms of organization compatible with democracy? Two observations made in the literature inspire this question:Liberal democracies around the world have been challenged by populist authoritarian movements and leaders, and multicentric forms of governance(i.e., governance networks) are utilized increasingly in public policymaking and service delivery in many of these democracies. Basedon these observations, we propose that a conceptual investigation of the possible links between three ideal types of democracy (i.e., liberal,deliberative/discursive, and practice-based democracy) and two ideal types of social organization (bureaucracy and governance networks) canhelp us to better understand the challenges in public policy making and administration in the early 21st century. In doing so, we adopt MaxWeber’s conceptual analytical method of using ideal typical abstractions and understanding their historical contexts. With our conceptual analysis,we demonstrate that governance networks may be problematic for liberal and deliberative forms of democracy and are most compatiblewith practice-based democracy. We propose that a configurational approach should be used in conceptualizing the relations between the idealtypes of democracy and social organization.

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Work Title Governance Networks, Bureaucracy, and Democracy
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  1. Göktuǧ Morçöl
  2. Saahir Shafi
  3. Aravind Menon
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  1. Democracy
  2. Governance
  3. Bureaucracy
  4. Organization
  5. Ideal Type
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  1. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
Publication Date March 1, 2022
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  1. democracy
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1093/ppmgov/gvab034
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    • Are bureaucratic and network forms of organization compatible with democracy? Two observations made in the literature inspire this question: Liberal democracies around the world have been challenged by populist authoritarian movements and leaders, and multicentric forms of governance (i.e., governance networks) are utilized increasingly in public policymaking and service delivery in many of these democracies. Based on these observations, we propose that a conceptual investigation of the possible links between three ideal types of democracy (i.e., liberal, deliberative/discursive, and practice-based democracy) and two ideal types of social organization (bureaucracy and governance networks) can help us to better understand the challenges in public policy making and administration in the early 21st century. In doing so, we adopt Max Weber’s conceptual analytical method of using ideal typical abstractions and understanding their historical contexts. With our conceptual analysis, we demonstrate that governance networks may be problematic for liberal and deliberative forms of democracy and are most compatible with practice-based democracy. We propose that a configurational approach should be used in conceptualizing the relations between the ideal types of democracy and social organization.
    • Are bureaucratic and network forms of organization compatible with democracy? Two observations made in the literature inspire this question:<br/>Liberal democracies around the world have been challenged by populist authoritarian movements and leaders, and multicentric forms of governance<br/>(i.e., governance networks) are utilized increasingly in public policymaking and service delivery in many of these democracies. Based<br/>on these observations, we propose that a conceptual investigation of the possible links between three ideal types of democracy (i.e., liberal,<br/>deliberative/discursive, and practice-based democracy) and two ideal types of social organization (bureaucracy and governance networks) can<br/>help us to better understand the challenges in public policy making and administration in the early 21st century. In doing so, we adopt Max<br/>Weber’s conceptual analytical method of using ideal typical abstractions and understanding their historical contexts. With our conceptual analysis,<br/>we demonstrate that governance networks may be problematic for liberal and deliberative forms of democracy and are most compatible<br/>with practice-based democracy. We propose that a configurational approach should be used in conceptualizing the relations between the ideal<br/>types of democracy and social organization.
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    • Democracy, Governance, Bureaucracy, Organization, Ideal Type, Literature, Abstraction, Service Delivery, Public Policy, Leader
    • Democracy, Governance, Bureaucracy, Organization, Ideal Type
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