Unlocking the iron cage : public administration in the deliberative democratic theory of Jurgen Habermas
By: KELLY, Terrence
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, March 2004Subject(s): Democracia | Cidadania | Poder | Burocracia | RacionalizaçãoAdministration & Society 36, 1, p. 38-61Abstract: This article explores the relationship between public administration and deliberative democracy by examining the development in Jurgen Habermas´s thought on public administration. The argument is made that a shift has ocurred in the way that Habermas conceptualizes public administration--a shift that makes it possible to see both the plausibility and necessity os a deliberative democratic form os state administration. Shown is now Habermas´s later democratic theory can be used as a resource for those defending the administrative discretion necessary to create a collaborative government with citizens
This article explores the relationship between public administration and deliberative democracy by examining the development in Jurgen Habermas´s thought on public administration. The argument is made that a shift has ocurred in the way that Habermas conceptualizes public administration--a shift that makes it possible to see both the plausibility and necessity os a deliberative democratic form os state administration. Shown is now Habermas´s later democratic theory can be used as a resource for those defending the administrative discretion necessary to create a collaborative government with citizens
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