Citizen Participation And Local Governance

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030525163

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Contemporary Trends in Local Governance by Carlos Nunes Silva Pdf

This book addresses and explores recent trends in the field of local and urban governance. It focuses on three domains: institutional reforms in local government; inter-municipal cooperation; and citizen participation in local governance. In the last decades, in different regions of the world, there is ample evidence that sub-national government, in particular the field of local governance, is in a permanent state of change and reflux, although with differences that reflect national particularities. Since these institutional changes have an impact in the local policy process, in the delivery of public services, in the local democracy, and in the quality of life, it is mandatory to monitor these continued institutional changes, to learn and develop with these changes, if possible before these experiences are transferred and replicated in other countries. The editor and contributors address issues of interest for a wide audience, comprising of students and researchers in various disciplines, and policy makers at both national and sub-national tiers of government.

Author : Katherine A. Graham,Susan D. Phillips,Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Publisher : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Municipal government
ISBN : 0920715788

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Citizen Engagement by Katherine A. Graham,Susan D. Phillips,Institute of Public Administration of Canada Pdf

Author : Silva, Carlos Nunes
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466641709

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Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity by Silva, Carlos Nunes Pdf

The relationship between citizens and city governments is gradually transforming due to the utilization of advanced information and communication technologies in order to inform, consult, and engage citizens. Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity explores the nature of the new challenges confronting citizens and local governments in the field of urban governance. This comprehensive reference source explores the role that Web 2.0 technologies play in promoting citizen participation and empowerment in the city government and is intended for scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of urban studies, urban planning, political science, public administration, and more.

Author : Margaret Wanjiku Ngunjiri
Publisher : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789176716281

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Citizen participation in local governance in Africa by Margaret Wanjiku Ngunjiri Pdf

Local governance comprises a set of institutions, mechanisms and processes through which citizens and their groups can articulate their interests and needs and mediate their differences. The participation of citizens in governance is one of the underlying components of democracy. Engaging citizens in the act of governance engenders transparency, improves accountability and public resource management and brings about good policy outcomes, development and the social well-being of citizens. When done effectively, it encourages inclusiveness and cohesiveness, speeds up problem-solving through community initiatives and generally improves the effectiveness of local authorities. This Report is an exploratory study which adopted various strategies to try to understand the issues, perspectives and results from citizen participation in local governance across various countries and regions in Africa.

Author : Chin-peng Chu
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783643900364

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Local Governance in the Global Context by Chin-peng Chu Pdf

Local governance has become a subject of particular interest, even in the context of globalization. As a bottom-up strategy, it aims is to increase the opportunities for civil society to engage in affairs of their own. As a top-down strategy, it wants to mobilize all endogenous potential available to improve political steering capacity. This book examines the theoretical approaches towards citizens' participation and provides case studies that indicate a varied menu of contemporary local democracies, urban and regional governance in Europe (Germany, Sweden, and Italy), Asia (Korea and Taiwan) and the US. (Series: Politikwissenschaft - Vol. 172)

Author : Andrew Sancton,Chen Zhenming
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781482228984

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Citizen Participation at the Local Level in China and Canada by Andrew Sancton,Chen Zhenming Pdf

What, if anything, is similar about citizen participation at the local level in Canada and China? The answer, of course, is politically sensitive. There are many in Canada who would claim that the question is absurd. How can there be meaningful citizen participation in a country where there are significant restrictions on political activity, includ

Author : Ganesh Prasad Pandeya,Tatsuo Oyama
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527507180

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Vitalizing Local Government Performance, Citizen Participation and Socioeconomic Development by Ganesh Prasad Pandeya,Tatsuo Oyama Pdf

This book is about citizen participation and its effects on local planning and local accountability, showing how participation can improve local government performance. It addresses the rhetoric of citizen participation and its negative effects such as discrimination, exclusions, elite captures, clientelism, and shallow participation. Applying mixed-methods of analysis, the book argues that local government performance depends substantially on circumstances, especially the degree of citizen participation, level of socioeconomic development, and the achieved state of social mobilization. As participation takes place in diverse socioeconomic and cultural settings, merely reforming institutions to make participation more inclusive and democratic alone is not sufficient.

Author : Peter McLaverty
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351907705

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Public Participation and Innovations in Community Governance by Peter McLaverty Pdf

Comprised of a series of national case studies, this book critically examines initiatives in public participation and their relationship to developments in community governance. As such, the case studies enable national perspectives to be applied to crucial features of modern public policy and politics. Focusing on case studies in areas which are undergoing major social and institutional transformation and/or which raise particular issues because of the marginal position of the areas within their nation-states, the book also concerns itself with developments in Western European countries and why people should logically support some but not other initiatives in public participation. This book will be very useful for students and academics in areas such as politics, public administration, social policy and sociology. It should also be of interest to local activists such as councillors, members of pressure groups and those concerned about modern trends in democracy.

Author : Koos Bekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070827154

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Citizen Participation in Local Government by Koos Bekker Pdf

Substantiates the concept of citizen participation as a phenomenon in the discipline of public administration and development. Relevance is enhanced by the content which forms an information base reaching beyond the traditional target group of academics and practitioners.

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287126585

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The Size of Municipalities, Efficiency and Citizen Participation by Council of Europe Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Eminent domain
ISBN : 9988614527

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Towards the Effective Regulation of Executive-presidential Power by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nils Hertting,Clarissa Kugelberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315471150

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Local Participatory Governance and Representative Democracy by Nils Hertting,Clarissa Kugelberg Pdf

Over the past few decades and throughout the world, numerous government-initiated experiments and attempts at directly engaging and including citizens have emerged as remedies for a variety of problems faced by modern democracies, including political disaffection and insufficient capacity to deal with the complexity inherent in many contemporary public problems, such as climate change and segregation. In practice, these attempts are given many names, such as citizen panels, deliberative fora, collaborative dialogues, etc. In the academic literature as well, the phenomenon falls under many different headings, for instance collaborative, deliberative or interactive governance. Participatory Governance and Representative Democracy refers to this empirical phenomenon as local participatory governance, that is, government-sponsored direct participation between invited citizens and local officials in concrete arrangements and concerning problems that affect them. Participatory governance, we argue, may take many forms, regarding (1) type of interaction and type of communication between participants within the specific participatory arrangement (e.g., deliberative vs. aggregative) as well as regarding (2) the relation and connection between the specific arrangement and the more traditional representative structures (e.g., compatible, incompatible, transformative or irrelevant). The proposed edited volume addresses the matter of institutionalization, highlighting the difficulties associated with establishing stability and a shared understanding of the roles and rules among citizens, local politicians and administrators in participatory arrangements.

Author : Mary L. Walsh
Publisher : International City/County Management Association(ICMA)
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015046491026

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Building Citizen Involvement by Mary L. Walsh Pdf

Author : Richard C. Box
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761912576

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Citizen Governance by Richard C. Box Pdf

Drawing on fundamental ideas about the relationship of citizens to the public sphere, Richard C Box presents a model of `citizen governance'. Recognizing the challenges in the community governance setting, he advocates rethinking the structure of local government and the roles of citizens, elected officials and public professionals in the twenty-first century. His model shifts a large part of the responsibility for local public policy from the professional and the elected official to the citizen. Citizens take part directly in creating and implementing policy, elected officials coordinate the policy process, and public professionnals facilitate citizen discourse, offering the knowledge of public practice needed for successful `citizen gover

Author : G. Shabbir Cheema
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UCSD:31822040868556

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Democratic Local Governance by G. Shabbir Cheema Pdf

Asian countries have introduced major reforms and new institutional mechanisms in recent years to promote the engagement of elected local governments, civil society, and the private sector. This book examines emerging issues in democratic local governance and factors that influenced the impetus for and the substance of reforms. It asks the following questions: - What have been the challenges in designing and implementing decentralization policies and programs? - What are the constraints on strengthening citizen participation? - Can reforms promote gender and rights perspectives in local governance? - What is the role of local government in service delivery and access? - How effective are the mechanisms for accountability and transparency in local governance? - What are the driving forces influencing democratic local governance reform? The book addresses these questions as it discusses studies from theoretical and comparative perspectives on specific issues as well as myriad cases across Asia, often dealing with country-specific reforms.