Comments on 'Democratic governance'

Patrick Le Galès (1)

1 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The article provides a discussion of Mark Bevir's important book on 'Democratic governance'. It first discusses the conceptual part and in particular the categorisation in terms of 'modern social science'. It disputes the analysis of neo institutionalism. Second, it stresses the UK case, which is the base of Bevir's analysis and suggests that the author relies far too much on policy networks. Hierarchies are still very strong at the same time in the United Kingdom, a factor that limits the claims of the book.

Mots clés: governance; networks; New Labour; modernism

Domaines: Science politique

Patrick Le Galès. Comments on 'Democratic governance'. Comparative European Politics, 2012, 10 (5), pp.608-615. ⟨10.1057/cep.2011.31⟩. ⟨hal-01024592⟩