Examining citizen participation: local participatory policymaking and democracy revisited
In: Local government studies, Band 43, Heft 6, S. 875-881
ISSN: 1743-9388
19 Ergebnisse
Sortierung:
In: Local government studies, Band 43, Heft 6, S. 875-881
ISSN: 1743-9388
This article discusses developments in citizen participation and its contribution to democracy since the publication of the original article. It evaluates the continued relevance of the use of a normative framework to assess different forms of citizen participation, nuances some of the conclusions and shows how inclusion and a connection with formal decision-making remain central issues that need more scholarly attention. Moreover, the article shows how the framework has been used in advising councillors and organisers of local citizen initiatives.
BASE
In: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/307625
Burgerparticipatie is hip and happening! Maar wat is volgens de wetenschap het effect ervan op de lokale democratie?
BASE
In: Local government studies, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 477-491
ISSN: 1743-9388
In: Local government studies, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 477-492
ISSN: 0300-3930
Participation in neighbourhoods is a highly valued phenomenon. Participation is the basis of a shared social life, but it also makes everyday life, and the lived experience of people participating in it, political. From a public administration perspective, governance and formal policy-making are increasingly reaching out to citizens, instead of drawing solely on representative mechanisms of local government. This paper investigates how practitioners working in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Dutch cities enhance participation. Using empirical data from research in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Netherlands, the paper shows that these practitioners either start projects that connect people in their own life world or connect policy-makers and policy to initiatives on the ground. As a result, they create the opportunity for many to develop their citizenship and become a more active participant in their local communities.
BASE
In: Local government studies, Band 41, Heft 1, S. 44-62
ISSN: 1743-9388
Participation in neighbourhoods is a highly valued phenomenon. Participation is the basis of a shared social life, but it also makes everyday life, and the lived experience of people participating in it, political. From a public administration perspective, governance and formal policy-making are increasingly reaching out to citizens, instead of drawing solely on representative mechanisms of local government. This paper investigates how practitioners working in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Dutch cities enhance participation. Using empirical data from research in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Netherlands, the paper shows that these practitioners either start projects that connect people in their own life world or connect policy-makers and policy to initiatives on the ground. As a result, they create the opportunity for many to develop their citizenship and become a more active participant in their local communities. Adapted from the source document.
In: Local government studies, Band 41, Heft 1, S. 44-62
ISSN: 0300-3930
In: Local government studies, Band 41, Heft 1, S. 44-62
ISSN: 1743-9388
In: Critical policy studies, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 422-424
ISSN: 1946-018X
In: Critical policy studies, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 434-451
ISSN: 1946-018X
In: Administrative theory & praxis: ATP ; a quarterly journal of dialogue in public administration theory, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 120-143
ISSN: 1949-0461
In: Política y sociedad: revista de la Universidad Complutense, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Band 47, Heft 3, S. 145-163
ISSN: 1130-8001
In: Schaap, L., Geurtz, J.C.H.C., Graaf, L.J. de, & Karsten, N. (2010). Innovations in sub-national government in Europe (Innovaciones en los gobiernos subnacionales europeos). Politica y Sociedad, 47 (3), pp. 145-163.
SSRN
La mejora del gobierno se encuentra arraigada con frecuencia en los niveles descentralizados. En este artículo es el cambio dentro del gobierno mismo, principalmente la emergencia de la "gobernanza" y el cambio en el tamaño administrativo. Las reformas estructurales adoptan formas diversas: el aumento del tamaño para mejorar la capacidad del sistema, el aumento del tamaño para favorecer la participación ciudadana, y la reducción del tamaño para favorecer asimismo la participación ciudadana. Además, se advierten nuevas formas de acción dentro de los mismos gobiernos: cooperación transfronteriza, cooperación intermunicipal y nuevas formas de evaluación del rendimiento y de la gestión financiera. Los autores concluyen el artículo mencionando algunos desafíos para los académicos y para los gobiernos. ; Improvement in government is often rooted in decentralised layers of government. In this article the authors discuss the recent history of innovations in sub-national government in Europe. They focus on two general trends and developments. Cases of interesting practices and developments illustrate the general trends. For each general trend a distinction is made between two kinds of innovations: structural reforms and new ways of working within existing institutional settings. The first trend concerns changing relations between government, civil society and citizens, in response to the increased contestation of the nature of traditional representative democracy. Examples of structural reforms are: increased citizen participation, the expanded use of referenda and the introduction of the directly elected mayor. New ways of working are: forms of coproduction between the public sector and the third sector. The second trend described in this article is change within government itself, mainly the rise of 'governance' and changing administrative scales. Structural reforms take several forms: scale enlargement to enhance system capacity, scale reduction to enhance system capacity, scale enlargement to enhance citizen effectiveness, and scale reduction to enhance citizen effectiveness. Next to them, new ways of working can be observed within governments: cross-boarder co-operations, inter-municipal co-operations, and new forms of performance assessment and fiscal management. The authors conclude the article with a few challenges to both academics and governments.
BASE