dc.contributor.author | Fossheim, Karin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-03T11:36:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-03T11:36:38Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-09-09T13:08:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-06-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Representation. 2021, 1-17. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-4893 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2982780 | |
dc.description.abstract | Non-elected actors in governance networks are legitimate representatives when the constituency accepts their claims of representation. However, not all constituents have the resources to approve or oppose this representation. Consequently, I argue that the audience, often the decision-making authority, which enables non-elected actors to act as representatives has a responsibility to consider their legitimacy. Drawing on seven business and urban development networks in Norway, this article explores how the decision-making authority considers credibility, qualifications and connectedness to legitimise non-elected representatives in governance networks. Through interviews with civil servants and politicians organising and participating in the network, relevant documents and observations, this article demonstrates that the decision-making authority legitimises non-elected representatives based on credibility and qualifications rather than connectedness with the constituency. The decision-making authority believes that claims grounded in specialist expertise, self-representation and shared experiences with the constituency legitimise non-elected representatives. Similarly, truthful representatives are considered legitimate. Finally, the decision-making authority is divided with regards to how the interactive process between the non-elected representative and the constituency legitimises the content of the representation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | The Responsibility of an Audience: Assessing the Legitimacy of Non-elected Representatives in Governance Networks | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00344893.2021.1933150 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1932833 | |
dc.source.journal | Representation | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 1-17 | en_US |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 283332 | en_US |