The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements: Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences

Erik Hans Klijn; Filip De Rynck; Chris Skelcher; Joris Voets

doi:10.3233/978-1-60750-998-1-142

The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements: Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences

Erik Hans Klijn^*
, Filip De Rynck
, Chris Skelcher
, Joris Voets

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity. Public Governance and the Search for Connective Capacity
Editors	Menno Fenger, Victor Bekkers
Pages	142-164
Number of pages	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-998-1-142
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Series	Innovation and the Public Sector
Volume	17
ISSN	1871-1073

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Klijn, Erik Hans ; De Rynck, Filip ; Skelcher, Chris et al. / The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements : Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences. Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity. Public Governance and the Search for Connective Capacity. editor / Menno Fenger ; Victor Bekkers. 2012. pp. 142-164 (Innovation and the Public Sector, Vol. 17).

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Klijn, EH, De Rynck, F, Skelcher, C & Voets, J 2012, The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements: Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences. in M Fenger & V Bekkers (eds), Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity. Public Governance and the Search for Connective Capacity. Innovation and the Public Sector, vol. 17, pp. 142-164. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-998-1-142

The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements: Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences. / Klijn, Erik Hans; De Rynck, Filip; Skelcher, Chris et al.
Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity. Public Governance and the Search for Connective Capacity. ed. / Menno Fenger; Victor Bekkers. 2012. p. 142-164 (Innovation and the Public Sector, Vol. 17).

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Klijn EH, De Rynck F, Skelcher C, Voets J. The democratic character of new institutional governance arrangements: Comparing Dutch and Belgian experiences. In Fenger M, Bekkers V, editors, Beyond Fragmentation and Interconnectivity. Public Governance and the Search for Connective Capacity. 2012. p. 142-164. (Innovation and the Public Sector, Vol. 17). doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-998-1-142

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