Composite Indicator of Social Responsiveness of Local Governments: An Empirical Mapping of the Networked Community Governance Paradigm
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-019-02063-6
Abstract: Various local stakeholders with diverse needs seek different treatment and actions by their local governments. From the modern perspective of local governance, this article examines whether local governments are sufficiently responsive in meeting not only… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; networked community; local governments; composite indicator ... See more keywords
Enclaved or enmeshed? Local governance of oil finds in Turkana, Kenya
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.04.017
Abstract: Abstract The development of high-value extractive resources in the rural peripheries of sub-Saharan Africa is often viewed as a securitised project separated from society and politics in neighbouring areas. It follows that extractive operations can… read more here.
Keywords: local governance; oil; enclaved enmeshed; enmeshed local ... See more keywords
A Method for Enhancing Capacity of Local Governance for Climate Change Adaptation
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DOI: 10.1029/2020ef001506
Abstract: The lack of capacity for climate change adaptation at the subnational level has been highlighted as a key barrier to implementing the UNFCCC National Adaptation Plans. At the same time, the adaptive capacity of local… read more here.
Keywords: adaptation; climate change; local governance; governance ... See more keywords
Community Participation in Local Governance – An Empirical Analysis of Urbanized Local Governments in the Philippines and Uganda
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2016.1242610
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article addresses community participation in local government, a controversial issue in the era of governance. Under the context of decentralisation reform in particular, active participation of the community in local governance has been… read more here.
Keywords: community; community participation; local governance; participation local ... See more keywords
Active Citizenship and Local Governance in the Case of Cressingham Gardens: Agonism or Antagonism?
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DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2020.1813804
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper utilizes the concepts of agonism and antagonism to further the existing analysis of active citizenship within local governance. At present, this relationship is taking place as housing stock increasingly becomes the subject… read more here.
Keywords: cressingham gardens; citizenship; active citizenship; agonism antagonism ... See more keywords
From exemplary practitioners to urban chameleons? The role of the citizen in the redistribution of tasks in local governance
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DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2018.1534132
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article further theorizes exemplary practitioners’ roles in neighborhood governance by building on the framework of the four ideal types of practitioners—frontline worker, everyday fixer, social entrepreneur and boundary spanner. An actor-focused approach was… read more here.
Keywords: urban chameleons; practitioners urban; governance; role ... See more keywords
“Boots on the ground” state-building: Using Action Research to improve local governance in Afghanistan
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DOI: 10.1177/1476750319859643
Abstract: This paper explains how the authors applied Action Research during Operation Enduring Freedom in the course of U.S. Department of Defense operations intended to improve local governance in Afghanis... read more here.
Keywords: action research; improve local; local governance; action ... See more keywords
The Inner Functioning of Local Governance Networks in Centralized Countries: A ‘Brave New World’?
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DOI: 10.3390/socsci12050289
Abstract: Local governance networks are increasingly seen as the big idea to cope with issues that are complex enough in scope and scale to require a diversity of expertise and resources. While conventional narrative has posited… read more here.
Keywords: inner; governance networks; local networks; governance ... See more keywords