Doing democracy and governance in the fast lane? Towards a ‘politics of time’ in an accelerated polity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6235087
AutoresPaul Fawcett (0000-0002-8059-2813, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen53
Número4
Páginas548-564
Fecha de publicación2018-10-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2018.1517862
OpenAlexW2889757824
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas57

This article examines the relationship between time, governance and political participation through a critical engagement with the ‘acceleration thesis’. Whilst the acceleration thesis argues that the ‘shrinking of the present’ is a condition of contemporary governance, others have viewed it as dysfunctional to the democratic process and effective policymaking. By drawing on a wide range of literature and through the use of illustrative examples, this article argues that slow and fast politics have strengths and weaknesses when it comes to the practice of governance and democratic participation. In turn, questions are raised about how public organisations and others might manage temporality and change in an ‘accelerated polity’. The article concludes by calling for further research into the ‘politics of time’ and its effects on public policymaking and political participation

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