Policy Making in the Age of Mediatization
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Köp båda 2 för 1646 krWhat kind of policy analysis is required now that governments increasingly encounter the limits of governing? Exploring the contexts of politics and policy making, this 2003 book presents an original analysis of the relationship between state and ...
Martin A. Hajer's original study examines the nature of contemporary environmental politics, analysing the emergence and sustenance of institutional perceptions of environmental problems.
Professor Rod Rhodes, University of Tasmania Maarten Hajer's stories of politicians as performers enacting dramas that imbue governance with meaning open novel and exciting ways of understanding how authoritative governance is possible.
Professor Archon Fung, Harvard University Authoritative Governance shows it's not so much that politicians have suddenly become more democratic, but rather the old vestments of election, party, and expertise fail to confer legitimacy; they are struggling to constantly re-create the authority they need to govern. Hajer's new book is a must-read for students of authority who want to understand real responses to contemporary legitimation crises and for policy-makers facing distrustful publics.
Professor Lance Bennett, University of Washington Hajer encourages scholars of politics, policy, and communication to rethink the nature of authority in mediated democracies and illuminates the key dilemma of authority in our age. Political authority is no longer conveyed by large numbers of citizens on the basis of shared memberships and allegiances. It is constructed through complex media performances aimed at multiple fragmenting audiences.
<br>Maarten A. Hajer is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Amsterdam and Director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. He is the author of the celebrated The Politics of Environmental Discourse (OUP 1995).<br>
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