Citizen participation is usually seen as a vital aspect of democracy. Many theorists claim that
citizen participation has positive effects on the quality of democracy. This article examines …

Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …

Size and Local Democracy Page 1 Size and Local Democracy Bas Denters, Michael Goldsmith,
Andreas Ladner, Poul Erik Mouritzen, and Lawrence E. Rose - 9781783478248 Downloaded …

Associated with innovation in both democratic practice and service design, neighbourhoods
are high on policy agendas across Europe. Drawing upon classic debates about size and …

This book presents the experiences of eleven European countries in the field of territorial
reforms. Based on case-studies that outline the basic features of the politics of territorial …

Using data collected within the scope of a Dutch internet panel survey (LISS) in 2011, this
study tracks public support for direct, stealth and representative democracy according to …

Embedding democratic innovations that increase and deepen citizen participation in
decision making has become a common policy of local governments in many countries. This …

This article examines the effects of the structure of intermunicipal cooperatives (IMCs) on the
perceived transaction costs and benefits of IMCs. Hypotheses based on a polycentric theory …

This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance
emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional …

Zusammenfassung Das Buch behandelt die Reformen subnationaler Politik und Verwaltung
in zwei Ländern der „klassisch-kontinentaleuropäischen “Staatstradition, Deutschland und …