Irritation Design: Updating Steering Theory in the Age of Governance

• Published in: Politics and governance Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 393 - 402
• Main Author: Mölders, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cogitatio 31.07.2021
• Subjects: communication; control; environment; functional differentiation; governance; irritation; responsivity; steering; translation

Is steering still a viable concept? The article answers this question with a conditional yes. On the one hand, its conceptual core remains intact. Getting others—who are considered to be idiosyncratic—to solve rather than pose societal problems is no less relevant for recent governance analyses. On...