Toward an understanding of civic engagement capacities within a municipal civic participation system
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12007372 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Melissa A Mathews (0000-0002-0382-9637, Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 60 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 537-549 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Editorial | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03623319.2020.1750122 |
| OpenAlex | W3023630125 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 25 |
Neighborhood organizations are positioned to intercede between private interests and public purposes by facilitating citizen participation and promoting civic engagement in municipal governance. However, it is not clearly understood to what extent these organizations engage a more active populace and contribute to democratic outcomes. This article reports the findings from an exploratory and qualitative case study of a population of neighborhood organizations, or District Councils, within the City of Saint Paul District Council system, which is located in Minnesota, USA. Study participants described dualistic and competing roles in managing their nonprofit organizations while meeting neighborhood needs, and accounts of diminishing civic participation. The findings also point to several organizational and neighborhood contingencies that might have influenced civic engagement capacities including the size of District Council boards of directors. Overall, this study revealed constraints on civic engagement capacities throughout the Saint Paul District Council system. This study contributes to extant research regarding civic engagement and public participation, and the findings bring attention to needed improvements within municipal civic participation systems
Business · Civic engagement · Coproduction · Corporate governance · Democracy · Exploratory research · Extant taxon · Municipal council · Political science · Politics · Population · Public engagement · Public participation · Public relations · Social engagement · Social science · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Nonprofit Foundations and Grassroots Organizing
Community power and political theory
The Nonprofit sector
Representation and Legitimacy in Neighborhood Organizations
Explaining Minority Representation in Place-Based Associations
Citizen Participation in Neighborhood Organizations and Its Relationship to Volunteers' Self- and Collective Efficacy and Sense of Community
Escaping the Local Trap? The Role of Community-Representing Organizations in Urban Governance
Assessing the effects of neighborhood councils on urban policy and development
Can neighborhood associations be allies in health policy efforts? Political activity among neighborhood associations
Why Not Nimby? Reputation, Neighbourhood Organisations and Zoning Boards in a US Midwestern City
Place-Framing” as Place-Making
Participatory Governance and the Spatial Representation of Neighborhood Issues
Explaining Responsiveness in Collaboration
Beyond Tocqueville
Social Capital and Democracy
Organizing Diversity
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |