Melissa A Mathews
Biographic Data
| ID | 6486789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa A Mathews |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mathews |
| SIGNATURE | MATHEWS M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Graduate Center for Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0382-9637 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fragile but essential
Dynamics of collaboration, cooperation, and conflict
Understanding the Roles and Contributions of Neighborhood Organizations in Civic Governance
An area of ongoing debate is whether neighborhood organizations contribute to civic governance by enabling citizen influence in government, mobilizing constituents, and improving policy outcomes through localized knowledge, community organizing, and civic engagement. This article presents the findings of a study to understand the roles and contributions of neighborhood organizations in civic governance. The research design consisted of an explora…
Toward an understanding of civic engagement capacities within a municipal civic participation system
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 …
The Embeddedness of Nonprofit Leadership in Civic Governance
This study examined how board chairs and executive directors of nonprofit civic engagement organizations interpreted their leadership roles. Leadership in nonprofit civic engagement organizations was characterized by study participants as representing constituents, facilitating participatory processes, engaging in civic governance, and organizing community and developing leaders. Therefore, I contend that how nonprofit civic engagement organizati…
Understanding the Roles and Contributions of Neighborhood Organizations in Civic Governance
An area of ongoing debate is whether neighborhood organizations contribute to civic governance by enabling citizen influence in government, mobilizing constituents, and improving policy outcomes through localized knowledge, community organizing, and civic engagement. This article presents the findings of a study to understand the roles and contributions of neighborhood organizations in civic governance. The research design consisted of an explora…
The Embeddedness of Nonprofit Leadership in Civic Governance
This study examined how board chairs and executive directors of nonprofit civic engagement organizations interpreted their leadership roles. Leadership in nonprofit civic engagement organizations was characterized by study participants as representing constituents, facilitating participatory processes, engaging in civic governance, and organizing community and developing leaders. Therefore, I contend that how nonprofit civic engagement organizati…
Fragile but essential
Toward an understanding of civic engagement capacities within a municipal civic participation system
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 …
The Embeddedness of Nonprofit Leadership in Civic Governance
This study examined how board chairs and executive directors of nonprofit civic engagement organizations interpreted their leadership roles. Leadership in nonprofit civic engagement organizations was characterized by study participants as representing constituents, facilitating participatory processes, engaging in civic governance, and organizing community and developing leaders. Therefore, I contend that how nonprofit civic engagement organizati…
Toward an understanding of civic engagement capacities within a municipal civic participation system
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 …
Understanding the Roles and Contributions of Neighborhood Organizations in Civic Governance
An area of ongoing debate is whether neighborhood organizations contribute to civic governance by enabling citizen influence in government, mobilizing constituents, and improving policy outcomes through localized knowledge, community organizing, and civic engagement. This article presents the findings of a study to understand the roles and contributions of neighborhood organizations in civic governance. The research design consisted of an explora…
Dynamics of collaboration, cooperation, and conflict
Fragile but essential
Civic engagement (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Exploratory research (3 works) · Social science (3 works)