Published in Quality & Quantity
This study empirically examined whether the use of social networking sites (SNSs) for political purposes would encourage personalized and informal modes of participation more strongly than traditional and institutional modes of participation. Multiple regression analysis was applied to data collected from a nationwide online survey conducted among ...
Published in VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
In this case study, we aimed to investigate residents’ agency through their participation in the development of their residential area in the city of Espoo, Finland. With the aid of seven themes, we identified by thematic analysis five types of residents in terms of agency: free floaters, home troops and helpers, representative information brokers,...
La investigación tuvo como propósito indagar el conocimiento y apropiación de los mecanismos para el ejercicio del control social y la participación ciudadana entre los adolescentes víctimas del conflicto armado escolarizados en las instituciones educativas del barrio Nelson Mándela de la ciudad de Cartagena- Colombia. Para lograr lo expuesto, se r...
Este artículo explora posibles escenarios de manejo del área de compensación ambiental de la central hidroeléctrica el Quimbo y los desafíos que enfrenta su implementación desde la gobernanza ambiental para el logro de acciones de restauración ecológica y conservación de 11.079 hectáreas de bosque seco, localizado en la cuenca alta del río Magdalen...
Currently most municipalities in Sweden venture to increase citizen participation in spatial and social planning inquiries. The fact of the matter is that the population’s involvement in such inquiries is continuously decreasing. Where there is some participation, the representation of different socio-‐economic groups is low. This is resulting in ...
La Constitución española no establece grandes transformaciones de fondo sobre el modelo de administración pública, con sus propias reglas de funcionamiento, anteriores a su aprobación. Fija, sin embargo, principios clásicos de todo derecho democrático moderno como elementos esenciales del modelo de administración pública constitucional, como el pri...
Published in Public Organization Review
This paper addresses governance reforms of the last three and a half decades and looks into the future. This is done in three parts. The first part presents a birds-eye view of the massive literature on governance and governance reforms with a focus on the good, the bad, and ugly sides, then in part two argues for an alternative concept or theory o...
Published in GeoJournal
Citizen participation is a crucial democratic practice in many western societies. In contemporary societies, different social agents utilise information and communication technology using Internet-based systems, to establish two-way communication in order to promote citizen participation. One such approach is volunteered geographical information (V...
Published in Quality & Quantity
There is a growing consensus among citizens and members of local government that citizen participation is desirable for local government. However in practice, there are differing perceptions between them regarding the level and extent of citizen participation. As citizen participation is a multi faceted concept, its meaning is construed differently...
Living labs as a research approach have been said to hold many promises regarding the evaluation of state-of-the art technologies in real-world contexts, for instance by allowing close cooperation with various stakeholders. At the same time, a living lab approach is connected with substantial complexity and increased risk. This paper elaborates on ...
