TY - JOUR
T1 - Governance, acceleration and time - emerging issues for governance theory and practice
AU - Fawcett, Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Time and acceleration have remained at the periphery of debates about the theory and practice of governance, yet they add an important contextual dimension to Sørensen and Torfing’s contribution and discussion about ‘emerging agendas and future paths’. This short intervention illustrates this point by drawing on contemporary debates that have taken contrary positions on what would represent an appropriate response to the ‘accelerated polity’. Whilst some have argued that slower temporal horizons should be promoted over faster ones (acceleration-as-evil), others have argued that we should embrace the opportunities presented by the imperative of speed (acceleration-as-potential). The commentary concludes that whilst the fast/slow dichotomy is unhelpful, it does serve a purpose in provoking further inquiry into the ‘accelerated polity’, its meaning, effect and impact.
AB - Time and acceleration have remained at the periphery of debates about the theory and practice of governance, yet they add an important contextual dimension to Sørensen and Torfing’s contribution and discussion about ‘emerging agendas and future paths’. This short intervention illustrates this point by drawing on contemporary debates that have taken contrary positions on what would represent an appropriate response to the ‘accelerated polity’. Whilst some have argued that slower temporal horizons should be promoted over faster ones (acceleration-as-evil), others have argued that we should embrace the opportunities presented by the imperative of speed (acceleration-as-potential). The commentary concludes that whilst the fast/slow dichotomy is unhelpful, it does serve a purpose in provoking further inquiry into the ‘accelerated polity’, its meaning, effect and impact.
KW - Acceleration
KW - fast/slow politics
KW - governance
KW - participation
KW - time
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19460171.2018.1506350
U2 - 10.1080/19460171.2018.1506350
DO - 10.1080/19460171.2018.1506350
M3 - Article
SN - 1946-0171
VL - 12
SP - 367
EP - 372
JO - Critical Policy Studies
JF - Critical Policy Studies
IS - 3
ER -