Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160) and index.
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Democracy, governance and the problem of the modern actor; Chapter 2: Organizing participation. Establishing a discourse of local democratic governance for young people in Sweden; Chapter 3: Completed responsibility? Delegation, organization and accountability in Swedish export of military equipment; Chapter 4: The use of democratic values in the ISO 26000 process on social responsibility; Chapter 5: Public purchasing of complex services. Balancing democratic and market values.
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Argues that a number of organizational factors challenge the notion of agency assumed by a governance model. This work criticizes the governance model for resting on the rational myth and the assumption that democratic ideals can be translated to specified democratic values, which in turn can be adhered to by democratic agents.
Organizing democracy.
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Democracy.
community involvement.
democracy.
Democracy.
Demokrati.
governance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.