Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis

Angelika Vetter; Daniel Klimovsky; Bas Denters; Norbert Kersting

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_15

Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis

Angelika Vetter, Daniel Klimovsky, Bas Denters, Norbert Kersting

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Abstract

The authors show how institutions for citizen participation in European local government have changed from 1990 until today. Relying on data from an expert survey and focusing on the right of free access to information, the direct election of mayors, and binding local referenda, the authors discover a clear trend of democratic renewal in European local politics. However, the trend is not uniform. The authors also offer some interpretations for the pattern of change they found: Democratic reforms are the result of domestic political factors. But as diffusion theory suggests, the reforms are also externally determined by factors like coercion, learning, and imitation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons
Editors	Sabine Kuhlmann, Geert Bouckaert
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	273-286
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	978-1-137-52547-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_15
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Governance and Public Management
ISSN (Print)	2524-728X
ISSN (Electronic)	2524-7298

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Vetter, A., Klimovsky, D., Denters, B., & Kersting, N. (2016). Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis. In S. Kuhlmann, & G. Bouckaert (Eds.), Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons (pp. 273-286). (Governance and Public Management). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_15

Vetter, Angelika ; Klimovsky, Daniel ; Denters, Bas et al. / Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis. Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons. editor / Sabine Kuhlmann ; Geert Bouckaert. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. pp. 273-286 (Governance and Public Management).

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Vetter, A, Klimovsky, D, Denters, B & Kersting, N 2016, Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis. in S Kuhlmann & G Bouckaert (eds), Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons. Governance and Public Management, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 273-286. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_15

Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis. / Vetter, Angelika; Klimovsky, Daniel; Denters, Bas et al.
Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons. ed. / Sabine Kuhlmann; Geert Bouckaert. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. p. 273-286 (Governance and Public Management).

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Vetter A, Klimovsky D, Denters B, Kersting N. Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis. In Kuhlmann S, Bouckaert G, editors, Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons. Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. p. 273-286. (Governance and Public Management). doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_15

Giving Citizens More Say in Local Government: Comparative Analyses of Change Across Europe in Times of Crisis

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