@inbook{b2d38294c38841a9b1947e92893b997e,
title = "Governance networks and democratic ideals: the case of Thy National Park in Denmark",
abstract = "The proliferation of governance networks has been criticized for democratic deficits and hailed for democratic potentials. The recently designated Thy National Park in Denmark was established after a process where local, public involvement was emphasized and is now managed by a governance network. This chapter discusses and evaluates this governance network in relation to democratic ideals identified from literature: liberty, equality, inclusion, and deliberation, and thereby contributes to the discussion of the democratic consequences of using governance networks for policy formation. The analysis of the governance network managing Thy National Park shows that it performs well according to the ideals: inclusion, deliberation, and liberty if interpreted as positive liberty. Equality is more ambiguous. Despite that ideals were not attained, we consider them sufficiently approached for the particular governance network to be a democratic venue of governance as we consider the strengthening of deliberation and inclusion to outweigh the potential loss in terms of equality.",
author = "Lund, {Dorthe Hedensted} and Boon, {Tove Enggrob} and Iben Nathan",
year = "2011",
month = feb,
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-61470-699-1",
series = "Global political studies",
publisher = "Nova Science Publishers",
pages = "121--140",
editor = "Peter Herrmann",
booktitle = "Democracy in thery and action",
address = "United States",
}