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Democratic Deficit and Policy Coordination in Multilevel Governance Systems
Canada, individual European countries, and the European Union face increasingly important challenges relating to democratic governance. These include: fashioning effective methods of democratic participation to address issues such as declining voter turnout; assessing factors that may reduce the political legitimacy of government decision-making processes and of political institutions; improving the accountability and responsiveness of governments and leaders to the public; and improving coordination within and effectiveness of multi-level governance structures. By sharing and comparing research results and by increasing familiarity with innovative governance approaches applied in Canada and the EU, this thematic group aims to elevate and enrich the level of public discourse about democracy, governance, and political participation, involving both policy circles and the public at large.
For more information on group activities, see the following Research Report: 鈥淐omparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy in Multilevel Systems鈥�. The project was led by Dr Amy Verdun and Dr Donna E. Wood of the University of Victoria.
D茅ficit D茅mocratique et Coordination Politique dans les Syst猫mes de Gouvernance Multiniveaux
Le Canada, les pays europ茅ens individuels, et l鈥橴nion Europ茅enne font face 脿 des d茅fis de plus en plus importants en termes de gouvernance d茅mocratique. Parmi ceux-ci聽: 茅tablir des m茅thodes efficaces de participation d茅mographique pour r茅pondre aux enjeux comme la baisse de participation 茅lectorale, 茅valuer les facteurs qui peuvent r茅duire la l茅gitimit茅 politique du processus de d茅cision gouvernemental, am茅liorer la responsabilit茅 et la r茅ceptivit茅 des gouvernements et repr茅sentants au public, am茅liorer la coordination et l鈥檈fficacit茅 des structures de gouvernance multiniveaux. En partageant et comparant les r茅sultats de recherche et en rendant plus famili猫res les approches de gouvernance appliqu茅es au Canada et en Union Europ茅enne, ce groupe th茅matique vise 脿 茅lever et enrichir le niveau de discours public sur la d茅mocratie, la gouvernance et la participation politique, engageant 脿 la fois les cercles politiques et le public en g茅n茅ral.
Pour plus d鈥檌nformation sur les activit茅s de ce groupe, veuillez voir le rapport de recherche suivant: 鈥淐omparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy in Multilevel Systems鈥�. Le projet a 茅t茅 men茅 par Dr Amy Verdun et Dr Donna E. Wood de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Victoria.
Lead Researchers
Professor Joan DeBardeleben, 杏吧原创 University
Professor Amy Verdun, University of Victoria
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