Abstract

QUINONES PAEZ, Julio Rafael. The Problem of Government in the Political Critical Theory. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2023, n.68, pp.170-190.  Epub Dec 14, 2023. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n68a07.

The Political Critical Theory understands the government of the contemporary societies as a process of collective purposes assignment, which implementation is based on three forms of coordination: the systemic self-government of the capitalist market; the hierarchy typical of the bureaucratic-administrative power of the State; and the dialogic asymmetrical networks that reflect the relationship between the different organizations of the civil society. Since a general point of view, this conception accords with the approach of the Theory of Governance. However, there is a big difference between governance and critical perspective as far as the balance between the three forms of coordination (metagovernance) is concerned: The Theory of Governance believes that hierarchy and dialogue must serve the market. On the contrary, the Political Critical Theory claims that the dialogue and a State that is subject to popular control, must govern the market system.

Keywords : Political Theory; Self-Government; Hierarchy; Network; Governance; Metagovernance.

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