Pieter-Jan Klok
Biographic Data
| ID | 4376000 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pieter-Jan Klok |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pieter-Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Klok |
| SIGNATURE | KLOK P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Twente |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Local Councillors in Europe
Councillors are the essence of local representative democracy, linking ordinary citizens and decision-makers in municipal arenas. In cross-national perspective, and taking in countries from across Europe, this book analyses the recruitment patterns, career, party associations, role perceptions, and attitudes to democracy, representation, and participation of local councillors. Matters such as gender, parties, institutions, municipal reform, funct…
Local Councillors in Europe
Citizen Democracy and the Responsiveness of Councillors
In this article the old question: ‘Do institutions matter?’ is answered for institutions that define democratic systems as more citizen-oriented as opposed to systems where political parties play a more important role. The focus is on the possible influence of these institutions on the orientations of local councillors regarding their representative role and on their subsequent role behaviour. It is hypothesises that the influence of citizen demo…
Councillor attitudes to ‘interactive’ governance. Evidence from a survey in five Dutch urban municipalities
With the notable exception of Switzerland (see Bützer 2007; Ladner 2005), local government in western democratic systems traditionally has been based on a model of representative democracy. In this model a key role is reserved for the members of a directly elected municipal council who are made responsible for translating the needs and demands of citizens into binding collective decisions. These decisions are subsequently implemented under the co…
Citizens’ Initiatives
In the context of drastic cutbacks many Dutch municipalities consider citizens' initiatives (CIs) as an attractive alternative for municipal policies aimed at improving the livability and safety in neighbourhoods, simultaneously building responsible citizenship. In this paper we combine different theoretical perspectives to analyse the institutional settings in which CIs are being realised, and how municipalities try to facilitate such initiative…
Power and Interactive Policy-Making
A number of countries use forms of interactive policy-making to increase the influence of citizens on decision making. Since there has also been an increase in citizen participation in The Netherlands over the last decade, in this paper, we provide a comparative analysis of 8 interactive projects initiated by the Dutch central government. The central aim of the paper is to understand processes of power in interactive policy-making. We do so by ra…
Rebuilding Roombeek
In 2000, a deprived inner-city district of Enschede (the Netherlands) known as Roombeek was largely devastated by an explosion of a fireworks storage depot. This article evaluates the efforts made by the municipality of Enschede to actively involve the former residents in the reconstruction planning. The results indicate that through a well-ordered process and a considered mobilization campaign, the initiators of the participatory planning proces…
Strengthening the Councillor as a Representative and Scrutiniser
In 2002 the Dutch Ministry of the Interior enacted a new Local Government Act. The introduction of the new legislation was supported by a large-scale Innovation Program. The main objective of this institutional reform in local government was to improve the responsiveness and democratic accountability of municipalities by changing the role orientations and role behaviour of local councillors. The first question we address in this paper is whether …
Full participation, drive and quality in the rebuilding of Roombeek
Inclusive and effective participation is the pipe dream of innumerable regeneration managers. While often seen as a multipurpose tool that can secure support, mobilize efforts and adjust measures to local wants and needs, in practice it is often hard to make residents show up and roll up their sleeves. The rebuilding of the neighbourhood of Roombeek illustrates that the pipe dream may be attainable all the same
The Institutional Embedding of Interactive Policy Making
In this article, the authors address citizen involvement at the central government level in the Netherlands. Through comparative research in which they systematically analyze eight interactive projects in three governmental departments, the authors especially pay attention to the relation between the informal character of interactive policy making and formal democratic decision-making procedures. They call this the “institutional embedding of int…
The Netherlands
Cultural Theory Revised
Interdependency, beliefs, and coalition behavior
Citizens’ Initiatives
In the context of drastic cutbacks many Dutch municipalities consider citizens' initiatives (CIs) as an attractive alternative for municipal policies aimed at improving the livability and safety in neighbourhoods, simultaneously building responsible citizenship. In this paper we combine different theoretical perspectives to analyse the institutional settings in which CIs are being realised, and how municipalities try to facilitate such initiative…
Interdependency, beliefs, and coalition behavior
Strengthening the Councillor as a Representative and Scrutiniser
In 2002 the Dutch Ministry of the Interior enacted a new Local Government Act. The introduction of the new legislation was supported by a large-scale Innovation Program. The main objective of this institutional reform in local government was to improve the responsiveness and democratic accountability of municipalities by changing the role orientations and role behaviour of local councillors. The first question we address in this paper is whether …
Power and Interactive Policy-Making
A number of countries use forms of interactive policy-making to increase the influence of citizens on decision making. Since there has also been an increase in citizen participation in The Netherlands over the last decade, in this paper, we provide a comparative analysis of 8 interactive projects initiated by the Dutch central government. The central aim of the paper is to understand processes of power in interactive policy-making. We do so by ra…
Citizen Democracy and the Responsiveness of Councillors
In this article the old question: ‘Do institutions matter?’ is answered for institutions that define democratic systems as more citizen-oriented as opposed to systems where political parties play a more important role. The focus is on the possible influence of these institutions on the orientations of local councillors regarding their representative role and on their subsequent role behaviour. It is hypothesises that the influence of citizen demo…
Rebuilding Roombeek
In 2000, a deprived inner-city district of Enschede (the Netherlands) known as Roombeek was largely devastated by an explosion of a fireworks storage depot. This article evaluates the efforts made by the municipality of Enschede to actively involve the former residents in the reconstruction planning. The results indicate that through a well-ordered process and a considered mobilization campaign, the initiators of the participatory planning proces…
The Institutional Embedding of Interactive Policy Making
In this article, the authors address citizen involvement at the central government level in the Netherlands. Through comparative research in which they systematically analyze eight interactive projects in three governmental departments, the authors especially pay attention to the relation between the informal character of interactive policy making and formal democratic decision-making procedures. They call this the “institutional embedding of int…
Interdependency, beliefs, and coalition behavior
Cultural Theory Revised
The Netherlands
The Institutional Embedding of Interactive Policy Making
In this article, the authors address citizen involvement at the central government level in the Netherlands. Through comparative research in which they systematically analyze eight interactive projects in three governmental departments, the authors especially pay attention to the relation between the informal character of interactive policy making and formal democratic decision-making procedures. They call this the “institutional embedding of int…
Full participation, drive and quality in the rebuilding of Roombeek
Inclusive and effective participation is the pipe dream of innumerable regeneration managers. While often seen as a multipurpose tool that can secure support, mobilize efforts and adjust measures to local wants and needs, in practice it is often hard to make residents show up and roll up their sleeves. The rebuilding of the neighbourhood of Roombeek illustrates that the pipe dream may be attainable all the same
Power and Interactive Policy-Making
A number of countries use forms of interactive policy-making to increase the influence of citizens on decision making. Since there has also been an increase in citizen participation in The Netherlands over the last decade, in this paper, we provide a comparative analysis of 8 interactive projects initiated by the Dutch central government. The central aim of the paper is to understand processes of power in interactive policy-making. We do so by ra…
Rebuilding Roombeek
In 2000, a deprived inner-city district of Enschede (the Netherlands) known as Roombeek was largely devastated by an explosion of a fireworks storage depot. This article evaluates the efforts made by the municipality of Enschede to actively involve the former residents in the reconstruction planning. The results indicate that through a well-ordered process and a considered mobilization campaign, the initiators of the participatory planning proces…
Strengthening the Councillor as a Representative and Scrutiniser
In 2002 the Dutch Ministry of the Interior enacted a new Local Government Act. The introduction of the new legislation was supported by a large-scale Innovation Program. The main objective of this institutional reform in local government was to improve the responsiveness and democratic accountability of municipalities by changing the role orientations and role behaviour of local councillors. The first question we address in this paper is whether …
Councillor attitudes to ‘interactive’ governance. Evidence from a survey in five Dutch urban municipalities
With the notable exception of Switzerland (see Bützer 2007; Ladner 2005), local government in western democratic systems traditionally has been based on a model of representative democracy. In this model a key role is reserved for the members of a directly elected municipal council who are made responsible for translating the needs and demands of citizens into binding collective decisions. These decisions are subsequently implemented under the co…
Citizens’ Initiatives
In the context of drastic cutbacks many Dutch municipalities consider citizens' initiatives (CIs) as an attractive alternative for municipal policies aimed at improving the livability and safety in neighbourhoods, simultaneously building responsible citizenship. In this paper we combine different theoretical perspectives to analyse the institutional settings in which CIs are being realised, and how municipalities try to facilitate such initiative…
Local Councillors in Europe
Councillors are the essence of local representative democracy, linking ordinary citizens and decision-makers in municipal arenas. In cross-national perspective, and taking in countries from across Europe, this book analyses the recruitment patterns, career, party associations, role perceptions, and attitudes to democracy, representation, and participation of local councillors. Matters such as gender, parties, institutions, municipal reform, funct…
Local Councillors in Europe
Citizen Democracy and the Responsiveness of Councillors
In this article the old question: ‘Do institutions matter?’ is answered for institutions that define democratic systems as more citizen-oriented as opposed to systems where political parties play a more important role. The focus is on the possible influence of these institutions on the orientations of local councillors regarding their representative role and on their subsequent role behaviour. It is hypothesises that the influence of citizen demo…
Political science (11 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (9 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Public Administration (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Democracy (4 works)