Accountability and Multi-level Governance
More Accountability, Less Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6406815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yannis Papadopoulos (0000-0001-5462-3228, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1030-1049 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2010.486126 |
| OpenAlex | W1978343499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 104 |
| References cited | 61 |
This paper seeks to explain why the trend towards more cooperative forms of policy-making, though in all likelihood necessary for policy efficiency and even at first glance promising with respect to inclusiveness and pluralism, can have negative consequences for democratic accountability. The paper first explores the properties of multi-level governance that lead to a deficit in democratic accountability (lack of visibility, uncoupling from representative institutions, composition of networks, and ‘multi-levelness’ itself) before coming to more general conclusions on the characteristics and limits of accountability mechanisms in multi-level governance and on their consequences for democracy
Accountability · Corporate governance · Democracy · democratic deficit · Economics · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Visibility · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Unique citing works | 104 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 103 |