Filozofija i drustvo 2019 Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages: 493-508
https://doi.org/10.2298/FID1904493G
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Engagement and political institutions: the case of ombudsman
Glušac Luka (Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
In this article, I examine the relationship between engagement and political
institutions by using the example of the creation and development of the
ombudsman institution. The article starts with the short introduction to key
theoretical views about institutions, political institutions and
institutionalization. Then, I concentrate on how political institutions
change, i.e. whether they can be changed through social engagement and
whether and when we can actually say that they are originally created by an
engagement. By using the case of ombudsman, I explore if political
institutions can engage themselves and under what conditions, that is,
whether are institutions characterized by in-built permanent reflexivity
possible.
Keywords: engagement, institutions, political institutions, institutionalization, institutionalism, oversight bodies, independent bodies, ombudsman