171 Policy & Politics • vol 42 • no 2 • 171-88 • © Policy Press 2014 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557313X13868593346016 Depoliticisation, governance and political participation Paul Fawcett, paul.fawcett@canberra.edu.au David Marsh, david.marsh@canberra.edu.au University of Canberra, Australia This article critically examines the linkages between the literatures on depoliticisation, governance and political participation. To do so, it is divided into three substantive sections. The
of public deliberation as if they have suddenly become identified as issues of collective, rather than individual or private, wellbeing. This is a politicisation of Type 2 and it too may take many forms (the consciousness-raising activities of feminists, environmentalists, anti-globalisation protestors or any other Realm of neccessity (‘non- political’) Depoliticization 1 Depoliticization 2 Depoliticization 3 Politicization 3 Politicization 2 Politicization 1 Governmental sphere Public sphere Private sphere Figure 1: Politicisation and depoliticisation Source
introduction SPECIAL ISSUE • Depoliticisation, governance and the state 135 Policy & Politics • vol 42 • no 2 • 135-49 • © Policy Press 2014 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655873 Depoliticisation, governance and the state Matthew Flinders, m.flinders@sheffield.ac.uk Matt Wood, m.wood@sheffield.ac.uk University of Sheffield, UK Depoliticisation refers to the narrowing of the boundaries of democratic politics. It is therefore intertwined with concerns about ‘the end of politics’ and
47 CHAPTER THREE Depoliticisation, governance and political participation Paul Fawcett and David Marsh Introduction The study of governance has become almost a growth industry, particularly in public policy discussion and research (Chhotray and Stoker, 2009; Levi- Faur, 2012). There has also been an increase, which is clearly not unrelated, in work on political participation, looking particularly at the way in which traditional forms have declined, while new forms have emerged (Dalton, 2008; Bang, 2009a, 2009b, 2010, 2011; Norris, 2011). Both these sets of
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1 CHAPTER ONE Depoliticisation, governance and the state Matthew Flinders and Matt Wood Introduction Crisis and contingency; delegation and democracy; exceptions and excuses; fate and fear; autonomy and apathy; control and contradictions: these are just some of the issues that underpin this special edition, and which serve to shed new perspectives on the changing constellation of relationships that concern depoliticisation, governance and the state in the twenty-first century. The need for new perspectives can hardly be denied. These – as we are constantly
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ideology and thus ‘bring down the already fragile legitimating basis of advanced capitalism, which rest only on depoliticization’ (Habermas, 1971, 122). By the early 1970s his agency-centred hopes for social change were dashed but systems theory functionalism prevailed in his attempt to develop a typology of crisis-tendencies within advanced capitalism (Habermas, 1976). In terms of the theory of depoliticisation, Habermas distinguishes between political crisis tendencies that can be sub-divided in terms of their form of appearance into output (sovereignly
243 Policy & Politics • vol 42 • no 2 • 243-58 • © Policy Press 2014 • #PPjnl @policy_politics Print ISSN 0305 5736 • Online ISSN 1470 8442 • http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557312X656007 (De)politicisation and the Father’s Clause parliamentary debates Stephen Bates, s.r.bates@bham.ac.uk, Laura Jenkins, l.m.jenkins@bham.ac.uk Fran Amery, fca669@bham.ac.uk University of Birmingham, UK Studies making use of (de)politicisation have flourished as governments have embraced technocratic and delegated forms of governance. Yet this increase in use is not always
181 CHAPTER NINE Global norms, local contestation: privatisation and de/politicisation in Berlin Ross Beveridge and Matthias Naumann Introduction The emerging political science literature on de/politicisation has focused mainly on national and economic policy and the processes and effects of depoliticisation. This chapter seeks to broaden the scope of the literature by making two important contributions: focusing on the urban (regional/ local) level and examining how strategies and forms of depoliticised governance are repoliticised. Hence, if research
