How institutional designs condition perceived local political leadership

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6302567
AutoresJacob Torfing (0000-0002-9627-086X, Roskilde University, autor de correspondencia), Tina Øllgaard Bentzen (0000-0002-4181-7442, Roskilde University), Marte Winsvold (0000-0002-6096-0594, University of Oslo), Marte Slagsvold Winsvold (University of Oslo)
Año2022
Volumen48
Número3
Páginas341-366
Fecha de publicación2022-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLocal Government Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03003930.2020.1821664
OpenAlexW3136696197
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas48

This article aims to test whether local governments can enhance the elected councillors’ perceived political leadership by changing the institutional design that conditions their ability to define problems that call for collective action, design policy solutions and mobilise support for their implementation. The study draws on new research on political leadership and institutional design and data from surveys conducted in Denmark and Norway. The analytical framework distinguishes between four different but overlapping institutional design strategies, and the main finding is that institutional designs aiming to enhance executive, collective or distributive political leadership are associated with an increase in perceived political leadership, whereas – surprisingly – institutional designs aiming to enhance interactive political leadership are not. Upon closer inspection, however, the impact of interactive institutional designs on political leadership seems to be conditioned on whether the power relation between politicians and administrators is balanced or unbalanced

Collective action · Distributive property · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Relation (database · Computer Science · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research