A critical commentary to Mark Bevir's Democratic Governance

Mark Bevir's 'Democartic governance' is an ambitious and couragous book, but it makes the mistake of drawing too sharp a line between modern and interpretive social science. In consequence fails to take into account the many important contributions that the so-called modernists have produced about democratic governance and to take issue with the vibrant debates that currently take place among interpretivists. Comparative European Politics (2013) 11, 143-151. doi:10.1057/cep.2011.34; published online 23 January 2012;