It has taken a long time to make this book. Many initial drafts of the chapters published in this book were presented in November 2000 during a two-day conference on Interactive governance: towards a post-parliamentary democracy held in Enschede (The Netherlands). The Netherlands Institute of Governance (NIG) sponsored the . conference. After this conference the organisers discussed the possibility of making a book on the basis of papers presented at this event. In the end it was agreed that such a publication would indeed be worthwhile provided the initial papers were fundamentally revised. Moreover it was agreed that also supplementary chapters should be included, in order to strengthen the international comparative perspective. On this basis authors of the conference papers chapters and envisioned new chapters were invited to (re)submit drafts. The completion of the book, however, was unexpectedly halted by the tragic sudden death of our co-editor and dear friend Oscar van Heffen. In his lifetime he was the driving force behind this project. Without his efforts, insightful comments and helpful suggestions this book, in its present form, would never have been published. As such we dedicate this volume to his memory, the completion of the book being an honorary debt to our friend and his wife Mirjan.

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Preface. Introduction: The emergence of new forms of governance; B. Denters, O. van Heffen, J. Huisman, P.-J. Klok. 1. The rise of interactive governance and quasi-markets. 2. Objectives and research questions. 3. Conceptual framework. 4. Structure of the book and general themes. 5. References. Does interactive decision making work? Expanding Rotterdam Port; E.-H. Klijn. 1. Interactive decision making to promote openness. 2. Decision making in the Netherlands: a review. 3. Networks, arenas and rules: a conceptual framework. 4. Verm: organization, actors and arenas. 5. The decision making process: interactions and outcomes. 6. Conclusion: rules and connections of arenas as obstacles for interactive decision making. 7. References. Power to the people? Rule configurations and power games in interactive governance; R. Monnikhof, J. Edelenbos, A. Krouwel. 1. The rise of interactive governance in the Netherlands. 2. Three forms of power. 3. Producing a structure plan in De Bilt. 4. Rule configurations and power games. 5. Conclusions: who sets the rules, rules. 6. References. Interactive policy making as institutional design for local democracy: The experiments of the institute for public and politics; J. Koppenjan. 1. Introduction. 2. Interactive policy making as institutional design. 3. The IPP method as institutional design. 4. The elaboration of the process design in five municipalities. 5. Explaining the failure to put the IPP design into practice. 6. Interactive policy making and local democracy. 7. Epilogue. 8. References. Rebuilding Roombeek. An institutional analysis of interactive governance in the context of a representative democracy; B. Denters, P.-J. Klok. 1. Introduction and research questions. 2. Normative criteria of democracy. 3. Traditional representative institutions as a configuration of arenas. 4. Interactive arenas in Roombeek. 5. Problems in the institutional design of the interactive process in the case of Roombeek. 6. Conclusion. 7. References. Institutional reform in higher education: Forever changes? J. Huisman. 1. Introduction. 2. A sketch of Dutch higher education and the role of government. 3. Institutional reform: government, interactive governance and market co-ordination. 4. Conditional funding of university research. 5. Quality assurance in university education. 6. A new governance structure. 7. Summary and preliminary conclusions. 8. References. The emergence of a new environmental policy arena: The Dutch horticulture industry; J. Woltjer, R. van de Peppel. 1. Introduction. 2. The conventional arenas. 3. The new policy arena. 4. Assessment of the GLAMI arena achievements. 5. Conclusions. 6. References.