Recursive Governance

Contemporary Political Communication and Public Policy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6335083
AutoresMichael Crozier (The University of Melbourne, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas1-18
Data de publicação2007-01-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10584600601128382
OpenAlexW1969645815
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas66

This article investigates aspects of the new relationships that are emerging between contemporary trends in political communication and public policy. In particular, it identifies and analyzes how these relationships are extending beyond the traditional domain of political communication as information and persuasion. This is traced through a consideration of the notion of political communication as "recursive governance"—a form of governance that operates according to a generative informational logic. The article explores the impact of recursive processes on policy formation and on democratic practice more generally. It argues that the dramatic increase in the use of communications expertise and public relations by government (as well as business and the third sector) is part of what appears to be a far more fundamental systems shift in the very nature of governance in Western democracies

Communication studies · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Management · Persuasion · Political communication · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology