TY - CHAP
T1 - The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements
T2 - Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences
AU - Klijn, Erik Hans
AU - De Rynck, Filip
AU - Skelcher, Chris
AU - Voets, Joris
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This chapter looks at two institutional arrangements that have been designed for the networks around developing the Ghent Kanaalzone in Belgium and the development of the expansion of the port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The analysis, focusing on legitimacy, consent and accountability as problems to be solved in networks, shows that that in both countries the arrangement examined created, out of necessity, new forms of legitimacy, accordance and accountability. Through continuous feedback with the institutions of representative democracy the network arrangements and decisions become embedded within the procedures of representative democracy.
AB - This chapter looks at two institutional arrangements that have been designed for the networks around developing the Ghent Kanaalzone in Belgium and the development of the expansion of the port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The analysis, focusing on legitimacy, consent and accountability as problems to be solved in networks, shows that that in both countries the arrangement examined created, out of necessity, new forms of legitimacy, accordance and accountability. Through continuous feedback with the institutions of representative democracy the network arrangements and decisions become embedded within the procedures of representative democracy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84865519824&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-998-1-142
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-998-1-142
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84865519824
SN - 9781607509974
T3 - Innovation and the Public Sector
SP - 142
EP - 164
BT - Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity. Public Governance and the Search for Connective Capacity
A2 - Fenger, Menno
A2 - Bekkers, Victor
ER -