Democratic anchorage through administrative reforms

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dc.contributor.authorBAUER, Michael W.
dc.contributor.authorBRANDSEN, Taco
dc.contributor.authorKOVAREK, Dániel
dc.contributor.authorRADAELLI, Claudio M.
dc.contributor.authorRADTKE, Ina
dc.contributor.authorSTEEN, Trui
dc.contributor.authorSTONE, Diane Lesley
dc.contributor.authorVALLISTU, Johanna
dc.contributor.authorVAN DE WALLE, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-02T13:41:07Z
dc.date.available2025-09-02T13:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionPublished online: April 2025
dc.description.abstractThis note develops the concept of democratic anchorage as an analytical lens for assessing how administrative reforms contribute to the legitimacy of public governance. It expects that reforms are democratically anchored when they are designed and implemented in liberal-pluralist formats, i.e., participatory in design, inclusive and transparent in execution, and normatively aligned with widely shared democratic values. Rather than treating legitimacy as an automatic by-product of technocratic performance, democratic anchorage analyzes empirically the role of participatory structures, procedural mechanisms, and narrative justifications that “hook and bind” administrative change to democratic norms and structures. The concept of democratic anchorage is thus advanced as both a normative benchmark and a testable empirical framework for evaluating the legitimacy of public governance through administrative reform.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the project RADAR: 'Renewing Administration through Democratic Anchorage Reforms' financed by Horizon Europe under the grant agreement 101177536
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/93132
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dc.publisherRenewing Administration through Democratic Anchorage Reforms (RADAR)
dc.relationRenewing Administration through Democratic Anchorage Reforms
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesConcept Note
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dc.titleDemocratic anchorage through administrative reforms
dc.typeTechnical Report
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