Week 2 Gov

Question 1

Transition management

Answer 1

Post-Blueprint

Strategic: problem structuring, establishment of the transition arena and envisioning;

Tactical: developing coalitions and transition agendas;

Operational: Mobilizing actos and excuting projects and experiments – trial error, learning space;

Reflexive: Monitoring/evaluation; making sense of experiment and impact it has, reflect on coalition and involved stakeholders

Question 2

Key challenges of TM

Answer 2

Transformative changes does not come from policy regime;

Question 3

Regular policy arena

Answer 3

regime

Question 4

transition arena

Answer 4

niche

Question 5

regime: …

Answer 5

formal rules

accountability

public money

institutional

Question 6

niche..

Answer 6

informal contacts

radical ideas

local engagement

pre-institutional

Question 7

How democratic is transition mangement?

Answer 7

in practice, transitions are often characterized by power struggles and elite bargains that can limit democratic engagement. The level of democracy depends on factors like political culture, institutional capacity, and external support for democratization. A truly democratic transition requires a commitment to democracy and active participation from all segments of society.

Question 8

How to achieve a more democatric transition politics?

Answer 8

embedding transition arenas more closely in institutions of representative
democracy to more radical proposals where citizens are actively engaged in
transitions processes and debates;

it must also be acknowledged that today’s democratic systems are multi-layered

Question 9

Representative democracy

Answer 9

quantity of votes is key, representation of “inside” institutions, Democratic story line: ideal participants: voters, legitimacy via majority vote, TM challenges – short-term focus and vested interests.

Question 10

Deliberative democracy

Answer 10

quality of decision-making is key, participation in transition governance, debating ideas and opinions: physical digital, democratic story line – ideal participants: debating citizens, legitimacy via rational qualitative debates, TM challenges – usual suspects and vested interests due to formats used;

Question 11

; Radical democracy

Answer 11

(Re)politization is key, in Institutions -even democratic ones- are excluding people, Democracy as strategy for resistance/radical change, Democratic story line: Ideal participants: demonstrators, Legitimacy via dissensus and social alternatives, TM challenges – Skepticism towards pragmatic policy solutions

Question 12

Associative democracy

Answer 12

Self-governing association is key, Decentralized power, ownership, controlMeans of production/Marxism -> does self-governing group have tools to manage and provide energy, food production, etc., Locality also determines who participates, Inherently not representative, Implies power is outsourced to represent larger group rather than community presenting individuals, Social and material participation; global civil society, Democratic story line: Ideal participants: self-organizers, Legitimacy via autonomy/sovereignty; TM challenges – Risk of localism; solidarity as local movement when movement beyond to form networks with other associations is needed, Elitism, unaddressed inequalities within local associations, Creating serious institutional support, Policy makers, energy grid operators, etc. cooperation/dependency on outside , overarching institutions to make local association self-governance possible;