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Governance, Normativität und begrenzte Staatlichkeit
Working Paper 4
Bernd Ladwig, Tamara Jugov, Cord Schmelzle , - 2007
This article views “governance” as a special perspective on collective binding decision-making among a plurality of actors. The surplus value of this concept (as debated in the German scientifi c community) consists in accentuating the contingency of its modes and actors. We argue that “governance” is conceptually normative in a weak sense. Governance is a “thick term” referring to rule-guided distribution of public goods in contrast to public bads. It must guarantee security of expectations regarding basic goods for a defi ned entirety of addressees. Transferring this concept to areas of limited statehood poses two problems: Firstly, those areas lack an authority that is ultimately responsible for including all persons concerned in the benefi ts of governance. Secondly, in divided societies it is contested who is part of the community of addressees. This causes normative problems and dilemmas of collective action.
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Working Paper 4 (in German only) |
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Bernd Ladwig, Tamara Jugov, Cord Schmelzle , |
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SFB 700 |
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2007 - 02 - 01 |
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