Democratic Legitimacy in the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands: Towards Participatory and Deliberative Norms?

摘要: The European Union (EU) increasingly shapes environmental policy in its member states. By including public participation requirements directives, the Commission aims to open up policy-making process and move from an administrative a more participatory approach. Participation is considered contribute democratic governance, but has been associated with problems as well, bases of legitimacy do not automatically change when approach implemented. This article uses discourse-theoretical analyze how implementation Water Framework Directive Netherlands took shape what implications were for construction legitimacy. Our findings show market agricultural groups succeeded dominating debate by articulating hegemonic discourse that marginalized demands. Environmental did succeed turning around, par...