PERFORMING SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN GOVERNANCE: DUTCH PLANNING EXPERIENCES

Kristof van Assche; Raoul Beunen; Martijn Duineveld

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01972.x

PERFORMING SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN GOVERNANCE: DUTCH PLANNING EXPERIENCES

Kristof van Assche^*, Raoul Beunen, Martijn Duineveld

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

38 Citations (Web of Science)

Abstract

We present an analytical framework for analyzing the functions of failure and success ascriptions in public administration. The framework incorporates concepts and insights from Michel Foucault, Mieke Bal, and other discourse theorists, enriched with notions derived from Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems. The Dutch system of spatial planning serves as a context to investigate the rhetorical functions, performance, discursive configurations, and consequences of success and failure. Two cases nested in the Dutch context are used to elaborate on the performance and performativity of success and failure. We discuss the performance of success and failure in terms of productive competition between discourses and organizations, and emphasize the self-reinforcing nature of success and failure ascriptions in the creation of developmental pathways of the governance system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	567-581
Number of pages	15
Journal	Public Administration
Volume	90
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01972.x
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

POLICY
LUHMANN,NIKLAS
AUTOPOIESIS
SYSTEMS

Access to Document

10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01972.x

Cite this

@article{cfb9ffadd59a4e5b921802f34a0f5db1,

title = "PERFORMING SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN GOVERNANCE: DUTCH PLANNING EXPERIENCES",

abstract = "We present an analytical framework for analyzing the functions of failure and success ascriptions in public administration. The framework incorporates concepts and insights from Michel Foucault, Mieke Bal, and other discourse theorists, enriched with notions derived from Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems. The Dutch system of spatial planning serves as a context to investigate the rhetorical functions, performance, discursive configurations, and consequences of success and failure. Two cases nested in the Dutch context are used to elaborate on the performance and performativity of success and failure. We discuss the performance of success and failure in terms of productive competition between discourses and organizations, and emphasize the self-reinforcing nature of success and failure ascriptions in the creation of developmental pathways of the governance system.",

keywords = "POLICY, LUHMANN,NIKLAS, AUTOPOIESIS, SYSTEMS",

author = "{van Assche}, Kristof and Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld",

year = "2012",

doi = "10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01972.x",

language = "English",

volume = "90",

pages = "567--581",

journal = "Public Administration",

issn = "0033-3298",

publisher = "WILEY-BLACKWELL",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - PERFORMING SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN GOVERNANCE

T2 - DUTCH PLANNING EXPERIENCES

AU - van Assche, Kristof

AU - Beunen, Raoul

AU - Duineveld, Martijn

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - We present an analytical framework for analyzing the functions of failure and success ascriptions in public administration. The framework incorporates concepts and insights from Michel Foucault, Mieke Bal, and other discourse theorists, enriched with notions derived from Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems. The Dutch system of spatial planning serves as a context to investigate the rhetorical functions, performance, discursive configurations, and consequences of success and failure. Two cases nested in the Dutch context are used to elaborate on the performance and performativity of success and failure. We discuss the performance of success and failure in terms of productive competition between discourses and organizations, and emphasize the self-reinforcing nature of success and failure ascriptions in the creation of developmental pathways of the governance system.

AB - We present an analytical framework for analyzing the functions of failure and success ascriptions in public administration. The framework incorporates concepts and insights from Michel Foucault, Mieke Bal, and other discourse theorists, enriched with notions derived from Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems. The Dutch system of spatial planning serves as a context to investigate the rhetorical functions, performance, discursive configurations, and consequences of success and failure. Two cases nested in the Dutch context are used to elaborate on the performance and performativity of success and failure. We discuss the performance of success and failure in terms of productive competition between discourses and organizations, and emphasize the self-reinforcing nature of success and failure ascriptions in the creation of developmental pathways of the governance system.

KW - POLICY

KW - LUHMANN,NIKLAS

KW - AUTOPOIESIS

KW - SYSTEMS

U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01972.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01972.x

M3 - Article

SN - 0033-3298

VL - 90

SP - 567

EP - 581

JO - Public Administration

JF - Public Administration

IS - 3

ER -

PERFORMING SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN GOVERNANCE: DUTCH PLANNING EXPERIENCES

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this