{"id":132,"date":"2017-04-05T09:56:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T13:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2018-03-01T11:33:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:33:23","slug":"democratic-deficit-and-policy-coordination-in-multilevel-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/research-groups\/democratic-deficit-and-policy-coordination-in-multilevel-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Deficit and Policy Coordination in Multilevel Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 20px; width: 25%;\"><strong>Research Group Outputs:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/events-democracy-governance-theme\/\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/publications-democracy-governance\/\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/multimedia-democracy-and-governance\/\"><strong>Multimedia<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Democratic Deficit and Policy Coordination in Multilevel Governance Systems<\/h3>\n<p>Canada, individual European countries, and the European Union face increasingly important challenges relating to democratic governance. These include: fashioning effective methods of democratic participation to address issues such as declining voter turnout; assessing factors that may reduce the political legitimacy of government decision-making processes and of political institutions; improving the accountability and responsiveness of governments and leaders to the public; and improving coordination within and effectiveness of multi-level governance structures. By sharing and comparing research results and by increasing familiarity with innovative governance approaches applied in Canada and the EU, this thematic group aims to elevate and enrich the level of public discourse about democracy, governance, and political participation, involving both policy circles and the public at large.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on group activities, see the following Research Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2013\/1793\/\">\u201cComparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy in Multilevel Systems\u201d<\/a>. The project was led by Dr Amy Verdun and Dr Donna E. Wood of the University of Victoria.<\/p>\n<h3>D\u00e9ficit D\u00e9mocratique et Coordination Politique dans les Syst\u00e8mes de Gouvernance Multiniveaux<\/h3>\n<p>Le Canada, les pays europ\u00e9ens individuels, et l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne font face \u00e0 des d\u00e9fis de plus en plus importants en termes de gouvernance d\u00e9mocratique. Parmi ceux-ci\u00a0: \u00e9tablir des m\u00e9thodes efficaces de participation d\u00e9mographique pour r\u00e9pondre aux enjeux comme la baisse de participation \u00e9lectorale, \u00e9valuer les facteurs qui peuvent r\u00e9duire la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 politique du processus de d\u00e9cision gouvernemental, am\u00e9liorer la responsabilit\u00e9 et la r\u00e9ceptivit\u00e9 des gouvernements et repr\u00e9sentants au public, am\u00e9liorer la coordination et l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 des structures de gouvernance multiniveaux. En partageant et comparant les r\u00e9sultats de recherche et en rendant plus famili\u00e8res les approches de gouvernance appliqu\u00e9es au Canada et en Union Europ\u00e9enne, ce groupe th\u00e9matique vise \u00e0 \u00e9lever et enrichir le niveau de discours public sur la d\u00e9mocratie, la gouvernance et la participation politique, engageant \u00e0 la fois les cercles politiques et le public en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<\/p>\n<p>Pour plus d\u2019information sur les activit\u00e9s de ce groupe, veuillez voir le rapport de recherche suivant: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2013\/1793\/\">\u201cComparing Modes of Governance in Canada and the European Union: Social Policy in Multilevel Systems\u201d<\/a>. Le projet a \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9 par Dr Amy Verdun et Dr Donna E. Wood de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Victoria.<\/p>\n<h3>Lead Researchers<\/h3>\n<div class=\"columns\"><div class=\"columns__two\"><div id=\"attachment_147\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 279px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-147\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/DeBardeleben-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"391\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Joan DeBardeleben, Carleton University<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__two\"><div id=\"attachment_133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 279px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/Verdun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"391\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Amy Verdun, University of Victoria<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Banner image Courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/friendsofeurope\/5573277629\/\">Friends of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Group Outputs: Events Publications Multimedia Democratic Deficit and Policy Coordination in Multilevel Governance Systems Canada, individual European countries, and the European Union face increasingly important challenges relating to democratic governance. 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