Mark bevirʼs democratic governance in radical democratic perspective

Abstract

I have taken this essay on Mark Bevirʼs latest book as an opportunity to critically reflect on diverse perspectives within radical democratic theory. My first aim here is to simply describe Bevirʼs historical and interpretive account of governance in general, interdisciplinary terms. My second aim is the more specific, disciplinary one of comparing the scholarly contributions of Mark Bevirʼs Democratic Governance with those of Chantal Mouffeʼs The Democratic Paradox and Archon Fungʼs Empowered Participation, two influential publications in contemporary political theory. I conclude by discussing the relative powers and limits of Bevirʼs genealogical, Mouffeʼs deconstructive, and Fungʼs procedural approaches to radical democratic theory.

Citation

Lee, F. (2011), "Mark bevirʼs democratic governance in radical democratic perspective", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 554-575. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-14-04-2011-B008