Negotiated Decision-Making

Forms of negotiated decision-making seem to create a very interesting alternative for the classical 'command and control' style of public administration. The results of negotiated, 'horizontal' decision-making, when applied in practice, look promising. But how do these new forms of decision-making relate to Administrative Law? Does the format of traditional Administrative Law suit negotiation process? Another question is whether negotiation process? Another question is whether negotiated decision-making should be considered as a threat to traditional standards of Public Law (for instance, to the concepts of legality, democracy and the protection of waek interests). In order to deal with these topics, information on what is going on as regards negotiated decision-making in several countries in Western Europe is needed. This book offers such information, and a discussion on the questions mentioned above. It contains contributions from excellent scholars - lawyers as well as political scientists- from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands.