01628pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002700040245012800067260000900195300001500204520102600219650002001245700001401265773002601279908000601305909001101311999001901322952010501341180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBehagel, Jelle Hendrik  aDemocratic governance and political rationalities in the implementation of the water framework directive in the Netherlands  c2014  ap.291.306.  aMulti-level governance, network governance, and, more recently, experimentalist governance are important analytical frameworks through which to understand democratic governance in the EU. However, these analytical frameworks carry normative assumptions that build on functionalist roots and undervalue political dynamics. This can result in a lack of understanding of the challenges that democratic governance faces in practice. This article proposes the analysis of democratic governance from the perspective of multiple political rationalities to correct such assumptions. It analyses the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Netherlands as a paradigmatic case study by showing how governmental, instrumental, and deliberative rationalities are at work in each of the governance elements that it introduces. The article concludes by discussing the implications of a perspective of multiple political rationalities for the understanding and promotion of democratic governance in practice. - Reproduced.  aDemocratization  aArts, Bas  aPublic Administration  aN  a105116  c105111d105111  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 92, Issue no: 2pAR105576r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR