Responsiveness
In: The New Public ContractingRegulation, Responsiveness, Relationality, S. 87-116
In: The New Public ContractingRegulation, Responsiveness, Relationality, S. 87-116
In: Journal of democracy, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 91-105
ISSN: 1045-5736
A discussion of the importance of responsiveness for the quality of democracy contends that responsiveness may be viewed as a series of linkages intended to ensure that governments respect the preferences of the governed. It is maintained that democratic responsiveness is an ongoing, complex, & dynamic process that begins with the policy preferences of citizens & moves through such stages as voting, election outcomes, formation of policy-making coalitions, policy making between elections, & public polices themselves. It is noted that similarities between government outcomes & citizen desires does not necessarily indicate democratic responsiveness. The need for institutional arrangements to provide incentives supporting linkages of responsiveness is discussed, along with conceptual difficulties involved in evaluating democratic responsiveness, & theoretical disputes related to empirical research on linkages between citizens' preferences, election outcomes, political influence, & policy outcomes. The need for a more complex research agenda encompassing multiple, context-sensitive measures of procedure, substantive content, & citizen evaluation is emphasized. 1 Table, 1 Figure. J. Lindroth
In: Journal of democracy, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 91-105
ISSN: 1045-5736
In: The Public Sector in Hong Kong, S. 230-256
In: Democracy Beyond Borders, S. 75-136
In: The American review of public administration: ARPA, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 65-66
ISSN: 1552-3357
In: Australian journal of public administration, Band 50, Heft 3, S. 279-283
ISSN: 1467-8500
In: Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
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In: Party politics: an international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 291-304
ISSN: 1460-3683
Representative democracy entails governments that are both responsive and responsible. Mair argued that political parties find it increasingly difficult to balance these two tasks. With an increase in international commitments and interdependence, governments cannot always follow the wishes of their citizens but need to be responsible instead. Our study examines the responsiveness–responsibility link from the angle of citizen perceptions. We argue that when governments are seen as responsive they build a "buffer" of support, allowing them to make decisions that are not necessarily responsive but possibly responsible. By being responsive, governments build a reservoir of goodwill, which they can use to survive more difficult periods. Using data from the 2012 European Social Survey, we test whether perceived responsiveness feeds into this reservoir and whether this reservoir consequently increases perceived responsibility. We find support for this link, suggesting that responsiveness and responsibility do not need to be trade-offs but can complement each other.
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 59, Heft 3, S. 278
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: Administration & society, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 283-306
ISSN: 1552-3039
The concept of bureaucratic responsiveness has been utilized by scholars in contradictory and incomplete fashion. This analysis considers essential elements of the general concept of political responsiveness to provide the basis for consideration of the unique components of bureaucratic responsiveness. The problems of specifying the parameters of responsiveness under any given conceptualization are addressed as a means of delineating the bases of disagreement regarding the meaning of bureaucratic responsiveness.
In: Asian survey, Band 60, Heft 2, S. 366-390
ISSN: 1533-838X
Studies of political representation have focused on responsiveness driven by electoral mechanisms in liberal-democratic regimes. In a single-party system like China's, how does the government respond to citizens' service requests? Whose and what interests are being represented in governmental responsiveness, and to what extent? This article explores these questions through the lens of "representation as responsiveness" by analyzing an exclusive data set from the city public service hotline in Shanghai. Data analyses show that Chinese municipalities have good responsiveness to citizens' practical concerns, and the quality of responsive representation has been improving in recent years. However, some groups of residents tend to be underserved for multiple reasons. This article argues that a responsive model of authoritarian representation will become a significant source of resilience for the party regime.
In: Journal of policy analysis and management: the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Band 7, S. 601-620
ISSN: 0276-8739
Why the tradeoff between responsiveness and efficiency is inherent to the formulation of public policy.
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 69, Heft 5, S. 778-796
ISSN: 1537-5331