The administrative democracy within the relationships between local communities and its administered people

Dana Alexandru

Academic Journal of Law and Governance, 2013, vol. 1, issue 1, 13-21

Abstract: The examination of relationships that are established between a local community and its administered people constitutes a theme which has become a common topic in all the European countries. The legal nature of these relationships is very variable, sometimes statutory (defined unilaterally through the will of public power), other time contractual (resulting from an agreement of will) and sometimes purely factual. The architecture of any contemporary administrative system is based on a bureaucratic model, which varies by country. Our study examines three democratic registers: participatory democracy, representative democracy and direct democracy. The objective of the research is to highlight the realities referring to these three registers, which are often mixed and highlight different moments of the policy, whether we insist on the deliberative aspect (construction of a problem, the agenda set by the actors), or we insist on the decisional aspect (elaboration of public policy). The purpose of our study is to identify how these instruments are assembled, intertwine and contribute to the emergence of the local public space. These circumstances will lead us to the conclusion according to which the normalization of the bureaucratic administration is characterized by the adoption of a legislation that tends to create real models in which rigidity is transformed in flexibility, uniformity in diversity, authority in negotiation, passivity in initiative.

Date: 2013
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