Introduction

The First Blockage in Democratic Theory

The Second Blockage in Democratic Theory

PART Ⅰ BEYOND HERMENEUTIC AND PRAGMATIST APPROACHES: TOWARD A GENETIC APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF LAW

1 From a Hermeneutic Critique to a Pragmatist Redefinition of the Rule of Recognition

The Realist Critique

The Hermeneutic Critique

Law and Social Recognition: A Pragmatist Reformulation of the Rule of Recognition

2 From a Positivist to a Genetic Approach to the Conventionality of Law: A Necessary Broadening of the Pragmatist Theory of Law

Pragmatist Positivism’s Advances and Limitations, or the Requirements of the Pragmatic Turn in Philosophy of Law

The Dual Consequences of the Limitations of Pragmatist Positivism

PART Ⅱ BEYOND NEO-INSTITUTIONALIST AND PRAGMATIST APPROACHES TO GOVERNANCE:TOWARD A GENETIC APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE

3 The First Neo-institutionalist Approach: The New Institutional Economics

4 The Second Neo-institutionalist Approach: Towards a Relational and Collaborative Governance Through Dialogue

Background

The Theoretical Underpinnings of the Approach of Relational and Collaborative Governance through Dialogue

5 Political Pragmatism and Social Attention

The Contribution of the Lingguistic Turn to Political Pragmatism

The Contribution of the Pragmatism Turn to Social Sciences

The Contribution to Political Pragmatism of the Theory of Learning:D.Schon’s Contribution

From a Pragmatism to a Genetic Approach to Governance

6 Towards a Genetic Approach to Governance

Clarifications about the Use of Concept of Reflexivity

The Genetic Approach to Goveanance

A Case Study in Applying the Genetic Approach:The Transformation of Collecttive Modes of Action by Labour Organizations in the Context of Liberalization in the Belgian Electricity Sector

Conclusion

List of Refernces

Index