Introduction 1
The First Blockage in Democratic Theory 2
The Second Blockage in Democratic Theory 8
PART Ⅰ BEYOND HERMENEUTIC AND PRAGMATIST APPROACHES: TOWARD A GENETIC APPROACH TO THE CONCEPT OF LAW 17
1 From a Hermeneutic Critique to a Pragmatist Redefinition of the Rule of Recognition 31
The Realist Critique 32
The Hermeneutic Critique 34
Law and Social Recognition: A Pragmatist Reformulation of the Rule of Recognition 37
2 From a Positivist to a Genetic Approach to the Conventionality of Law: A Necessary Broadening of the Pragmatist Theory of Law 45
Pragmatist Positivism’s Advances and Limitations, or the Requirements of the Pragmatic Turn in Philosophy of Law 49
The Dual Consequences of the Limitations of Pragmatist Positivism 59
PART Ⅱ BEYOND NEO-INSTITUTIONALIST AND PRAGMATIST APPROACHES TO GOVERNANCE:TOWARD A GENETIC APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE 87
3 The First Neo-institutionalist Approach: The New Institutional Economics 97
4 The Second Neo-institutionalist Approach: Towards a Relational and Collaborative Governance Through Dialogue 135
Background 135
The Theoretical Underpinnings of the Approach of Relational and Collaborative Governance through Dialogue 148
5 Political Pragmatism and Social Attention 165
The Contribution of the Lingguistic Turn to Political Pragmatism 167
The Contribution of the Pragmatism Turn to Social Sciences 171
The Contribution to Political Pragmatism of the Theory of Learning:D.Schon’s Contribution 179
From a Pragmatism to a Genetic Approach to Governance 189
6 Towards a Genetic Approach to Governance 201
Clarifications about the Use of Concept of Reflexivity 202
The Genetic Approach to Goveanance 213
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 223
Conclusion 245
List of Refernces 251
Index 263