Scholars have long debated whether the administrative state is a democratic institution. This Article offers a new framework for analyzing this question—one drawn from agonistic democratic theory. It argues that agonism provides new grounding for the legitimacy of administrative agencies while also pointing to new horizons for reform.

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行政冲突：冲突监管国家的民主理论

长期以来，学者们一直在争论行政国家是否是一个民主制度。本文提供了一个分析这个问题的新框架——一个来自竞争民主理论的框架。它认为，竞争性为行政机构的合法性提供了新的基础，同时也为改革指明了新的视野。