Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- The First Blockage in Democratic Theory -- The Second Blockage in Democratic Theory -- Part I Beyond Hermeneutic and Pragmatist Approaches -- 1 From a Hermeneutic Critique to a Pragmatist Redefinition of the Rule of Recognition -- The Realist Critique -- The Hermeneutic Critique -- Law and Social Recognition -- 2 From a Positivist to a Genetic Approach to the Conventionality of Law -- Pragmatist Positivism's Advances and Limitations, or the Requirements of the Pragmatic Turn in Philosophy of Law -- The Dual Consequences of the Limitations of Pragmatist Positivism -- Part II Beyond Neo-institutionalist and Pragmatist Approaches to Governance -- 3 The First Neo-institutionalist Approach -- 4 The Second Neo-institutionalist Approach -- Background -- The Theoretical Underpinnings of the Approach of Relational and Collaborative Governance Through Dialogue -- 5 Political Pragmatism and Social Attention -- The Contribution of the Linguistic Turn to Political Pragmatism -- The Contribution of the Pragmatist Turn to the Social Sciences -- The Contribution to Political Pragmatism of the Theory of Learning -- From a Pragmatist to a Genetic Approach to Governance -- 6 Towards a Genetic Approach to Governance -- Clarifications about the Use of the Concept of Reflexivity -- The Genetic Approach to Governance -- A Case Study in Applying the Genetic Approach -- Conclusion -- List of References -- Index.