Whatever happened to local democracy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6326599
AutoresDavid Sweeting (0000-0002-4173-2123, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK), Colin Copus (Local Governance Research Unit, Leicester Business School, De Montfort University, University, UK)
Año2012
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas21-38
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
EditorialBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557310x550123
OpenAlexW2079819668
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

This article explores change in local democracy through analysis of the views of councillors in Britain. It is argued that within an overarching representative process, local democracy takes representative, participatory, market and network forms. Using data gathered by questionnaire and interview, the article analyses the views of councillors on these different forms. It finds that there are differences between councillors in their attitudes to the different versions of democracy, although in the main councillors demonstrate most support for a traditional local representative democratic system. The article concludes that councillors continue to act in a manner that is out of step with the thrust of reform

Citizen journalism · Democracy · Participatory democracy · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Representative democracy · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research