Willem Goutry
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4377575 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Willem Goutry |
| PRENOMES | Willem |
| SOBRENOME | Goutry |
| ASSINATURA | GOUTRY W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2147-4435 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Local civil servants and democratic innovations
Leading civil servants are pivotal in policy-making systems that increasingly integrate participatory decision-making instruments. This study offers empirical insights into local civil servants' preferences for various instruments, their conceptions of participatory roles, and their relationships. It uses data from a survey among leading civil servants in Flanders (Belgium). First, civil servants perceive consultative instruments as most preferab…
Opening doors to more intra-party democracy? Local politicians’ perspectives on including voters in candidate selection processes in Flanders (Belgium)
Resistor or Meta-Governor? Role Conceptions of Local Elected Representatives in Participatory Trajectories
The increasing use of participatory arrangements in local governance challenges the position and role of elected politicians. This article examines how local elected politicians think they should behave in such a shifting environment. It assembles images and sets of roles blending existing theoretical approaches. We test these conceptions empirically in a survey of local elected politicians in Flanders (Belgium). Our results show that representat…
Analysing policy actors’ preferences for different modes of governing in local government
Effective citizen participation in policy decision making depends on the support of all democratic actors involved: citizens, but also politicians and civil servants. Drawing on data from over 4,000 respondents, we explore the existence of so-called ‘multi-actor clusters’, that is, groups of people who are characterised by a positive (or negative) stance towards different modes of local policy decision making, irrespective of their formal-institu…
Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements
This study takes the hitherto understudied perspective of local executive politicians as crucial stakeholders spanning the boundaries of representative and participatory democracy. It aims to examine their legitimacy perceptions of different participatory arrangements. The research was conducted by means of a vignette study in which we included a representative arrangement and six participatory arrangements for which we differentiated for types o…
Closing a gap or creating a new one? Comparing support for participatory instruments among different stakeholders
Representative democracy is perceived to be in crisis in many Western countries. Increasing citizen participation is often considered to be a remedy to close this gap between government and the people. Which instruments should be used to realize this remains, however, open for discussion. In this article, we compare attitudes of citizens, politicians and civil servants towards a number of participatory instruments. We assess to what extent these …
Closing a gap or creating a new one? Comparing support for participatory instruments among different stakeholders
Representative democracy is perceived to be in crisis in many Western countries. Increasing citizen participation is often considered to be a remedy to close this gap between government and the people. Which instruments should be used to realize this remains, however, open for discussion. In this article, we compare attitudes of citizens, politicians and civil servants towards a number of participatory instruments. We assess to what extent these …
Analysing policy actors’ preferences for different modes of governing in local government
Effective citizen participation in policy decision making depends on the support of all democratic actors involved: citizens, but also politicians and civil servants. Drawing on data from over 4,000 respondents, we explore the existence of so-called ‘multi-actor clusters’, that is, groups of people who are characterised by a positive (or negative) stance towards different modes of local policy decision making, irrespective of their formal-institu…
Opening doors to more intra-party democracy? Local politicians’ perspectives on including voters in candidate selection processes in Flanders (Belgium)
Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements
This study takes the hitherto understudied perspective of local executive politicians as crucial stakeholders spanning the boundaries of representative and participatory democracy. It aims to examine their legitimacy perceptions of different participatory arrangements. The research was conducted by means of a vignette study in which we included a representative arrangement and six participatory arrangements for which we differentiated for types o…
Resistor or Meta-Governor? Role Conceptions of Local Elected Representatives in Participatory Trajectories
The increasing use of participatory arrangements in local governance challenges the position and role of elected politicians. This article examines how local elected politicians think they should behave in such a shifting environment. It assembles images and sets of roles blending existing theoretical approaches. We test these conceptions empirically in a survey of local elected politicians in Flanders (Belgium). Our results show that representat…
Analysing policy actors’ preferences for different modes of governing in local government
Effective citizen participation in policy decision making depends on the support of all democratic actors involved: citizens, but also politicians and civil servants. Drawing on data from over 4,000 respondents, we explore the existence of so-called ‘multi-actor clusters’, that is, groups of people who are characterised by a positive (or negative) stance towards different modes of local policy decision making, irrespective of their formal-institu…
Varieties of local participation? A vignette survey on local executive politicians’ legitimacy perceptions towards different participatory arrangements
This study takes the hitherto understudied perspective of local executive politicians as crucial stakeholders spanning the boundaries of representative and participatory democracy. It aims to examine their legitimacy perceptions of different participatory arrangements. The research was conducted by means of a vignette study in which we included a representative arrangement and six participatory arrangements for which we differentiated for types o…
Closing a gap or creating a new one? Comparing support for participatory instruments among different stakeholders
Representative democracy is perceived to be in crisis in many Western countries. Increasing citizen participation is often considered to be a remedy to close this gap between government and the people. Which instruments should be used to realize this remains, however, open for discussion. In this article, we compare attitudes of citizens, politicians and civil servants towards a number of participatory instruments. We assess to what extent these …
Local civil servants and democratic innovations
Leading civil servants are pivotal in policy-making systems that increasingly integrate participatory decision-making instruments. This study offers empirical insights into local civil servants' preferences for various instruments, their conceptions of participatory roles, and their relationships. It uses data from a survey among leading civil servants in Flanders (Belgium). First, civil servants perceive consultative instruments as most preferab…
Opening doors to more intra-party democracy? Local politicians’ perspectives on including voters in candidate selection processes in Flanders (Belgium)
Political science (5 obras) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Citizen journalism (4 obras) · Democracy (4 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Participatory democracy (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Public Administration (3 obras)