TY - JOUR
T1 - OMC- A Deliberative- Democratic Mode of Governance?
T2 - The Cases of Employment and Pensions
AU - de la Porte, Caroline
AU - Nanz, Patrizia
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The open method of co-ordination’s (OMC’s) emphasis on transparency, democratic participation and learning has led to a particular interest in this governance mechanism from the perspective of deliberative democracy. This article analyses the ‘democratic’ dimension of the OMC from a normative and an empirical perspective. We first present relevant theories of deliberative democracy, from which we derive a list of normative criteria, which we then use to explore the democratic quality of the OMC in the areas of employment and pensions. The empirical analysis reveals that there are important differences in the democratic quality of the OMC between these two areas, but that, ultimately, the OMC (as yet) does not live up to its own democratic ambitions.
AB - The open method of co-ordination’s (OMC’s) emphasis on transparency, democratic participation and learning has led to a particular interest in this governance mechanism from the perspective of deliberative democracy. This article analyses the ‘democratic’ dimension of the OMC from a normative and an empirical perspective. We first present relevant theories of deliberative democracy, from which we derive a list of normative criteria, which we then use to explore the democratic quality of the OMC in the areas of employment and pensions. The empirical analysis reveals that there are important differences in the democratic quality of the OMC between these two areas, but that, ultimately, the OMC (as yet) does not live up to its own democratic ambitions.
U2 - 10.1080/1350176042000194430
DO - 10.1080/1350176042000194430
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1350-1763
VL - 11
SP - 267
EP - 288
JO - Journal of European Public Policy
JF - Journal of European Public Policy
IS - 2
ER -